CVE-2016-4463
HIGH7.5EPSS 38.3%xerces-c - security update
Published: 7/8/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3.1.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a deeply nested DTD.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/xerces-cfrom 0, < 3.1.3+debian-2.1
- Debian/xerces-cfrom 0, < 3.1.1-3+deb7u4
- Debian/xerces-cfrom 0, < 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |