CVE-2016-4609
libxslt: Out-of-bounds read at xmlGetLineNoInternal()
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
Review impact separately from score.
Published · July 21, 2016
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
libxslt in Apple iOS before 9.3.3, OS X before 10.11.6, iTunes before 12.4.2 on Windows, iCloud before 5.2.1 on Windows, tvOS before 9.2.2, and watchOS before 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4607, CVE-2016-4608, CVE-2016-4610, and CVE-2016-4612.
Statement
Red Hat OpenStack will consume fixes from the base Red Hat Enterprise Linux Operating System. Therefore the package provided by Red Hat OpenStack has been marked as will not fix.
This issue affects the version of libxslt as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7 and was rated as having Moderated security impact by the Red Hat Product Security. An eventual update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 may address this issue.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is now in Maintenance Support 2 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having a security impact of Moderate, and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 4.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer