CVE-2016-2099
Published May 13, 2016
Last updated 6 years ago
Overview
- Description
- Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 3.1.3 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via an invalid character in an XML document.
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 9.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- CRITICAL
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 10
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Evaluator
- Comment
- <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</a>
- Impact
- -
- Solution
- -
Configurations
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"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "21ADA8C8-0BDB-478D-BD8B-6476BCA1500E",
"versionEndIncluding": "3.1.3"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
},
{
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"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
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}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]