CVE-2016-2099
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 2.2%xerces-c - security update
Published: 5/13/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in validators/DTD/DTDScanner.cpp in Apache Xerces C++ 3.1.3 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via an invalid character in an XML document.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/xerces-cfrom 0, < 3.1.3+debian-2
- Debian/xerces-cfrom 0, < 3.1.1-3+deb7u3
- Debian/xerces-cfrom 0, < 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |