CVE-2016-4738

Published: 25 September 2016

libxslt in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted web site.

Notes

Author	Note
sbeattie	PoC in the chromium bug

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
libxslt Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Released (1.1.26-8ubuntu1.4)
	trusty	Released (1.1.28-2ubuntu0.1)
	upstream	Released (1.1.29-2)
	xenial	Released (1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.1)
	yakkety	Released (1.1.29-1ubuntu0.1)
	zesty	Not vulnerable (1.1.29-2)
	Patches: upstream: https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=eb1030de31165b68487f288308f9d1810fed6880

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Bugs

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=619006

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