critical
CVE-2016-0729
xerces-c: parser crashes on malformed input
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.
Severity by source
NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (high), Oracle (high), Ubuntu (medium).
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in (1) internal/XMLReader.cpp, (2) util/XMLURL.cpp, and (3) util/XMLUri.cpp in the XML Parser library in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault or memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian 11 | xerces-c | 3.1.3+debian-1 |
| debian 12 | xerces-c | 3.1.3+debian-1 |
| debian 13 | xerces-c | 3.1.3+debian-1 |
| debian 14 | xerces-c | 3.1.3+debian-1 |
| debian 7 | xerces-c | 3.1.1-3+deb7u2 |
| debian 8 | xerces-c | 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u1 |
| echo | xerces-c, xerces-c-2.6.0 | 3.1.3+debian-1 and 1 more |
| Oracle Linux 7 | xerces-c, xerces-c-devel, xerces-c-doc | 3.1.1-8.el7_2 |
| ubuntu 12.04 | xerces-c | 3.1.1-1+deb6u2build0.12.04.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | xerces-c | 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | xerces-c | 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 15.10 | xerces-c | 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u1build0.15.10.1 |
Show all 15 entries from 12 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian 11 | xerces-c | 3.1.3+debian-1 |
| debian 12 | xerces-c | 3.1.3+debian-1 |
| debian 13 | xerces-c | 3.1.3+debian-1 |
| debian 14 | xerces-c | 3.1.3+debian-1 |
| debian 7 | xerces-c | 3.1.1-3+deb7u2 |
| debian 8 | xerces-c | 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u1 |
| echo | xerces-c | 3.1.3+debian-1 |
| echo | xerces-c-2.6.0 | 2.6.0+e1 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | xerces-c | 3.1.1-8.el7_2 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | xerces-c-devel | 3.1.1-8.el7_2 |
| Oracle Linux 7 | xerces-c-doc | 3.1.1-8.el7_2 |
| ubuntu 12.04 | xerces-c | 3.1.1-1+deb6u2build0.12.04.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | xerces-c | 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | xerces-c | 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 |
| ubuntu 15.10 | xerces-c | 3.1.1-5.1+deb8u1build0.15.10.1 |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182062.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182131.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182597.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00086.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00053.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/135949/Apache-Xerces-C-XML-Parser-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1727978
All 24 references
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3493
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/537620/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/83423
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035113
- http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2016-0729.txt
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0729
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XERCESC-2061
- https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2016-0729.html
- https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-0430.html
- https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=145641008814590&w=2
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0729
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-46
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-0729
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html