CVE-2016-1835

libxml2: Heap use-after-free in xmlSAX2AttributeNs

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · May 23, 2016

Updated · September 21, 2026

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in the xmlSAX2AttributeNs function in libxml2 before 2.9.4, as used in Apple iOS before 9.3.2 and OS X before 10.11.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted XML document.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-416 · Use After Free