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CVE-2016-2099

Published: May 13, 2016 | Modified: Oct 30, 2018
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
5.8 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2099
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 3.1.3 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via an invalid character in an XML document.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Xerces-c++ Apache * 3.1.3 (including)
Xerces-c Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Xerces-c Ubuntu precise *
Xerces-c Ubuntu trusty *
Xerces-c Ubuntu wily *
Xerces-c Ubuntu xenial *

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