CVE-2016-5300
Apple Security Advisory 2017-03-22-2
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
El intérprete XML en Expat no utiliza suficiente entropía para inicialización hash, lo que permite a atacantes dependientes del contexto provocar una denegación de servicio (consumo de CPU) a través de identificadores manipulados en un documento XML. NOTA: esta vulnerabilidad existe debido a una solución incompleta para CVE-2012-0876.
It was discovered that the Expat code in XML-RPC for C and C++ unexpectedly called srand in certain circumstances. This could reduce the security of calling applications. It was discovered that the Expat code in XML-RPC for C and C++ incorrectly handled seeding the random number generator. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Gustavo Grieco discovered that the Expat code in XML-RPC for C and C++ incorrectly handled malformed XML data. If a user or application linked against XML-RPC for C and C++ were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2016-06-04 CVE Reserved
- 2016-06-08 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-399: Resource Management Errors
CAPEC
References (13)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/4 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/04/5 | Mailing List |
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| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html | Third Party Advisory |
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| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91159 | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365 | X_refsource_confirm | |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E | Mailing List | |
| https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E | Mailing List | |
| https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html | Third Party Advisory | |
| https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-20 | Third Party Advisory |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html | 2023-11-07 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
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| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3597 | 2023-11-07 | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3010-1 | 2023-11-07 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-21 | 2023-11-07 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04" | lts |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 15.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "15.10" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04" | lts |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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| Libexpat Project Search vendor "Libexpat Project" | Libexpat Search vendor "Libexpat Project" for product "Libexpat" | < 2.2.0 Search vendor "Libexpat Project" for product "Libexpat" and version " < 2.2.0" | - |
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| Google Search vendor "Google" | Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" | 4.4.4 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version "4.4.4" | - |
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| Google Search vendor "Google" | Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" | 5.0.2 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version "5.0.2" | - |
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| Google Search vendor "Google" | Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" | 5.1.1 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version "5.1.1" | - |
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| Google Search vendor "Google" | Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" | 6.0 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version "6.0" | - |
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| Google Search vendor "Google" | Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" | 6.0.1 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version "6.0.1" | - |
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