The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted XML document.
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Fri, 11 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.03094}

epss

{'score': 0.05589}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2016-03-24T01:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:10:38.984Z

Reserved: 2016-01-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-1762

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-03-24T01:59:30.827

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-1762

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-1762 - Bugzilla