CVE-2016-4448
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
VIR risk
9.8
Description
Format string vulnerability in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via format string specifiers in unknown vectors.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 2.9.4+dfsg1-1 |
| rhel | 6.0 | not-affected | |
| rhel | 7.0 | not-affected | |
| macos | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| hp | icewall_federation_agent | 3.0 | |
| xmlsoft | libxml2 | {"endIncluding":"2.9.3"} | |
| apple | icloud | {"endExcluding":"5.2.1"} | 5.2.1 |
| apple | itunes | {"endIncluding":"12.4.1"} | |
| tenable | log_correlation_engine | 4.8.0 | |
| mcafee | web_gateway | {"endIncluding":"7.5.2.10"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4448.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90856
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.404722
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1338700
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=4472c3a5a5b516aaf59b89be602fbce52756c3e9
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=502f6a6d08b08c04b3ddfb1cd21b2f699c1b7f5b
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05194709
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170
- https://support.apple.com/HT206899
- https://support.apple.com/HT206901
- https://support.apple.com/HT206902
- https://support.apple.com/HT206903
CWEs
CWE-134
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