CVE-2016-0729

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-04-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in (1) internal/XMLReader.cpp, (2) util/XMLURL.cpp, and (3) util/XMLUri.cpp in the XML Parser library in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault or memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.

Affected products

Fedoraproject Fedora: 22, 23, 24
Samsung X14J Firmware: t-ms14jakucb-1102.5

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182062.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182131.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182597.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00086.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00053.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135949/Apache-Xerces-C-XML-Parser-Buffer-Overflow.html
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1727978
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3493
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537620/100/0/threaded

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