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CVE-2016-5300
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
CVSSv3.1 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
The XML parser in Expat does not use sufficient entropy for hash initialization, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted identifiers in an XML document. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-0876..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.8/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- None
CVSSv3.1 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.5/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Privileges Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 3.6/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- None
- Availability Impact
- High
- Integrity Impact
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- User Interaction
- None
Products Affected
| CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | 2.2.0 | |
| cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/5
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/4
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91159
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a45089
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
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