VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-4472

CVSS score8.1 HIGH
EPSS probability11.95%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-06-30
Last modified2026-10-08
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

The overflow protection in Expat is removed by compilers with certain optimization settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1283 and CVE-2015-2716.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-119

Primary references