Use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2: Denial of Service via Crafted XML Document

Use-after-free vulnerabilities in libxml2: Denial of Service via Crafted XML Document

CVE-2016-1837 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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