CVE-2016-4472
8.1
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.3%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-4472
To remediate CVE-2016-4472, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/expat—upgrade to 2.1.1-r2 or later
- —upgrade to 2.1.1-2 or later
- —no fix listed
Is CVE-2016-4472 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.1.1-r2
- from 0, < 2.1.1-2
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |