F5F5:K22232964K22232964 : Expat XML library vulnerability CVE-2016-4472
8.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.033 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.4%
Security Advisory 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. (CVE-2016-4472)
Impact
This vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to cause the unauthorized disclosure of information, unauthorized modifications, or denial-of-service (DoS) attacks using crafted XML data.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| big-ip afm | eq | 11.4.0 | |
| big-ip afm | eq | 11.4.1 | |
| big-ip afm | eq | 11.5.0 | |
| big-ip afm | eq | 11.5.1 | |
| big-ip afm | eq | 11.5.2 | |
| big-ip afm | eq | 11.5.3 | |
| big-ip afm | eq | 11.5.4 | |
| big-ip afm | eq | 11.6.0 | |
| big-ip afm | eq | 11.6.1 | |
| big-ip afm | eq | 12.0.0 |
Related
8.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.033 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.4%