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CVE-2016-2099

xerces-c: Use-after-free in heap on specially crafted XML input

Published Modified
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 Hat5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

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 and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11xerces-c3.1.3+debian-2
debian 12xerces-c3.1.3+debian-2
debian 13xerces-c3.1.3+debian-2
debian 14xerces-c3.1.3+debian-2
debian 7xerces-c3.1.1-3+deb7u3
debian 8xerces-c3.1.1-5.1+deb8u2
echoxerces-c, xerces-c-2.6.03.1.3+debian-2 and 1 more
Red Hatxerces-c, xerces-c-devel, xerces-c-docno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04xerces-c3.1.1-5.1+deb8u2build0.14.04.1
ubuntu 14.04-ESMxerces-c3.1.1-5.1+deb8u2build0.14.04.1
ubuntu 15.10xerces-c3.1.1-5.1+deb8u2build0.15.10.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMxerces-c3.1.3+debian-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
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SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11xerces-c3.1.3+debian-2
debian 12xerces-c3.1.3+debian-2
debian 13xerces-c3.1.3+debian-2
debian 14xerces-c3.1.3+debian-2
debian 7xerces-c3.1.1-3+deb7u3
debian 8xerces-c3.1.1-5.1+deb8u2
echoxerces-c3.1.3+debian-2
echoxerces-c-2.6.02.6.0+e1
Red Hatxerces-cno fix listed
Red Hatxerces-c-develno fix listed
Red Hatxerces-c-docno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04xerces-c3.1.1-5.1+deb8u2build0.14.04.1
ubuntu 14.04-ESMxerces-c3.1.1-5.1+deb8u2build0.14.04.1
ubuntu 15.10xerces-c3.1.1-5.1+deb8u2build0.15.10.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMxerces-c3.1.3+debian-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

References

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