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CVE-2016-4448

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Published: Jun 09, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/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
5.1 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4448
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/134.html

Format string vulnerability in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via format string specifiers in unknown vectors.

Weakness

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Icewall_federation_agentHp3.0 (including)3.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatlibxml2-0:2.7.6-21.el6_8.1*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatlibxml2-0:2.9.1-6.el7_2.3*
Text-Only JBCSRedHat*
Libxml2Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Libxml2Ubuntuesm-infra/xenial*
Libxml2Ubuntuprecise*
Libxml2Ubuntutrusty*
Libxml2Ubuntutrusty/esm*
Libxml2Ubuntuupstream*
Libxml2Ubuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
Libxml2Ubuntuwily*
Libxml2Ubuntuxenial*

Potential Mitigations

References

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