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CVE-2016-4570

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-02-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

The mxmlDelete function in mxml-node.c in mxml 2.9, 2.7, and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via crafted xml file.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Mini-Xml Project Mini-Xml: through 2.7; 2.9

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/16
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/11/14
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90315
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334648
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00018.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/09/16
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/11/14
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90315
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334648
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00018.html

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