CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-5300

Published: Jun 16, 2016 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The XML parser in Expat does not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 12.04 (including) 12.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 14.04 (including) 14.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 15.10 (including) 15.10 (including)
Ubuntu_linux Canonical 16.04 (including) 16.04 (including)
Debian_linux Debian 8.0 (including) 8.0 (including)
Audacity Ubuntu kinetic *
Audacity Ubuntu lunar *
Audacity Ubuntu mantic *
Ayttm Ubuntu precise *
Ayttm Ubuntu wily *
Ayttm Ubuntu yakkety *
Cableswig Ubuntu precise *
Cableswig Ubuntu wily *
Cadaver Ubuntu artful *
Cadaver Ubuntu precise *
Cadaver Ubuntu wily *
Cadaver Ubuntu yakkety *
Cadaver Ubuntu zesty *
Coin3 Ubuntu artful *
Coin3 Ubuntu precise *
Coin3 Ubuntu wily *
Coin3 Ubuntu yakkety *
Coin3 Ubuntu zesty *
Expat Ubuntu precise *
Expat Ubuntu trusty *
Expat Ubuntu vivid/stable-phone-overlay *
Expat Ubuntu vivid/ubuntu-core *
Expat Ubuntu wily *
Expat Ubuntu xenial *
Insighttoolkit Ubuntu precise *
Insighttoolkit Ubuntu wily *
Kompozer Ubuntu precise *
Libparagui1.1 Ubuntu precise *
Libxmltok Ubuntu hirsute *
Libxmltok Ubuntu trusty *
Libxmltok Ubuntu xenial *
Matanza Ubuntu artful *
Matanza Ubuntu precise *
Matanza Ubuntu wily *
Matanza Ubuntu yakkety *
Matanza Ubuntu zesty *
Simgear Ubuntu precise *
Sitecopy Ubuntu artful *
Sitecopy Ubuntu precise *
Sitecopy Ubuntu wily *
Sitecopy Ubuntu yakkety *
Sitecopy Ubuntu zesty *
Swish-e Ubuntu artful *
Swish-e Ubuntu precise *
Swish-e Ubuntu wily *
Swish-e Ubuntu yakkety *
Swish-e Ubuntu zesty *
Tdom Ubuntu artful *
Tdom Ubuntu precise *
Tdom Ubuntu wily *
Tdom Ubuntu yakkety *
Tdom Ubuntu zesty *
Tla Ubuntu artful *
Tla Ubuntu precise *
Tla Ubuntu wily *
Tla Ubuntu yakkety *
Tla Ubuntu zesty *
Vnc4 Ubuntu artful *
Vnc4 Ubuntu bionic *
Vnc4 Ubuntu cosmic *
Vnc4 Ubuntu disco *
Vnc4 Ubuntu eoan *
Vnc4 Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Vnc4 Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Vnc4 Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Vnc4 Ubuntu precise *
Vnc4 Ubuntu trusty *
Vnc4 Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Vnc4 Ubuntu upstream *
Vnc4 Ubuntu wily *
Vnc4 Ubuntu xenial *
Vnc4 Ubuntu yakkety *
Vnc4 Ubuntu zesty *
Vtk Ubuntu precise *
Vtk Ubuntu wily *
Wbxml2 Ubuntu artful *
Wbxml2 Ubuntu precise *
Wbxml2 Ubuntu wily *
Wbxml2 Ubuntu yakkety *
Wbxml2 Ubuntu zesty *
Wxwidgets2.6 Ubuntu precise *
Wxwidgets2.8 Ubuntu precise *
Wxwidgets2.8 Ubuntu wily *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu artful *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu bionic *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu cosmic *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu devel *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu disco *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu eoan *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu esm-apps/jammy *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu esm-apps/noble *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu focal *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu groovy *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu hirsute *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu impish *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu jammy *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu kinetic *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu lunar *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu mantic *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu noble *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu oracular *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu precise *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu trusty *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu wily *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu xenial *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu yakkety *
Xmlrpc-c Ubuntu zesty *
Xotcl Ubuntu precise *

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