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Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Affecting libxml2 package, versions *

0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.89% (83rd percentile)
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NVD
9.8 critical
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Red Hat
5.6 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-LIBXML2-429470
  • published 9 Jun 2016
  • disclosed 9 Jun 2016
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Introduced: 9 Jun 2016

CVE-2016-4448 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-134 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 libxml2.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Format string vulnerability in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via format string specifiers in unknown vectors.

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