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CVE-2016-4449
HIGH · CVSS 7.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-06-09T16:59:07.800 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:47:34.880

Summary

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

debian — debian_linux

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References

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