9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2016-1761
Apple iOS libxml2 XML Document Parsing Memory Corruptionillation
Description

libxml2 in Apple iOS before 9.3, OS X before 10.11.4, and watchOS before 2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted XML document.

INFO

Published Date :

March 24, 2016, 1:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:47 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-1761 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple mac_os_x
2 Apple iphone_os
3 Apple watchos

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-1761 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
    Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353
    Added Reference http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-203
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT206166
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT206167
    Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT206168
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 03, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-203 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 24, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT206166 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT206166 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT206168 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT206168 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://support.apple.com/HT206167 No Types Assigned https://support.apple.com/HT206167 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 24, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

53.41 }} 43.85%

score

0.97719

percentile

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