High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 11, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2016-4483
CVE-2016-4483
Description
The xmlBufAttrSerializeTxtContent function in xmlsave.c in libxml2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a non-UTF-8 attribute value, related to serialization. NOTE: this vulnerability may be a duplicate of CVE-2016-3627.
Patches
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Vulnerability mechanics
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References
14- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/4nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/07/5nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/8nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/04/7nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/90013nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Envd
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3Envd
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