Skip to main content

Mondoo

Vulnerability Management
Technology
Services

Solutions

Financial Services
Manufacturing
Healthcare

Resources

Blog
Vulnerability Database
Documentation
GitHub

Company

About
Careers
Partners
Contact

Legal

Privacy
Terms
Imprint

© 2026 Mondoo, Inc.

Log in Get Assessment

CVE-2016-4449 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceCVE-2016-4449

CVE-2016-4449

HIGH7.1

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser

Published Jun 9, 2016

Modified 1 years ago

Details

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.

References(31)

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN17535578/index.html

http://jvndb.jvn.jp/en/contents/2017/JVNDB-2017-000066.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/2

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90865

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.404722

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1

http://xmlsoft.org/news.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292

https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=b1d34de46a11323fccffa9fadeb33be670d602f5

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05194709

https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170

https://support.apple.com/HT206899

https://support.apple.com/HT206901

https://support.apple.com/HT206902

https://support.apple.com/HT206903

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.0

7.1

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

RequiredUI:R

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

HighC:H

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

7.1/CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Ecosystems

Timeline

PublishedJun 9, 2016

ModifiedAug 6, 2024