CVE-2016-1837

Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in the (1) htmlPArsePubidLiteral and (2) htmlParseSystemiteral functions in libxml2 before 2.9.4, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2, OS X before 10.11.5, tvOS before 9.2.1, and watchOS before 2.2.1, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML document.

Risk Information

Base Score
5.5
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
0.785

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 UpdateMac
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in OS X El Capitan 10.11.5 Combo UpdateMac
Libxml2 update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2-devel update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-devel-2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2-python update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-python-2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2-static update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-static-2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2 update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2-devel update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-devel-2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2-python update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-python-2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2-static update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-static-2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2 update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2-devel update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2-python update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-python-2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2-static update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3.x86_64.rpmLinux
Libxml2 update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2-devel update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3.i686.rpmLinux
Libxml2-static update (ELSA-2016-1292) libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3.i686.rpmLinux
Use After Free Vulnerability (CVE-2016-1837)NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-600753OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 Update
PATCH-600754OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 Combo Update

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234