The overflow protection in Expat is removed by compilers with certain optimization settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1283 and CVE-2015-2716.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-06-30T17:00:00

Updated: 2021-07-31T07:06:45

Reserved: 2016-05-02T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2016-4472

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-06-30T17:59:04.000

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:32:38.903


Link: CVE-2016-4472

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