Feed/CVE-2016-4472
CVE-2016-4472HIGHCVSS 8.1

CVE-2016-4472

Published Jun 30, 2016·Updated Oct 8, 2026

NVD 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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

View on NVD Search GitHub Search Google

Get alerted for CVEs like this

Register your stack and get notified within minutes when a matching CVE drops.

Start monitoring free