The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted XML document.
References
Link Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00005.html Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85059 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1 Third Party Advisory
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=759671 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=a7a94612aa3b16779e2c74e1fa353b5d9786c602 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206166 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206167 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206168 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206169 Vendor Advisory
https://support.apple.com/HT206171 Vendor Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593 Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2016-03-24T01:00:00

Updated: 2018-01-04T19:57:01

Reserved: 2016-01-13T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2016-1762

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-03-24T01:59:30.827

Modified: 2019-03-26T17:11:23.803


Link: CVE-2016-1762

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