Vulnerabilities / CVE-2016-4448

critical

CVE-2016-4448

libxml2: Format string vulnerability

Published Modified CWE 134
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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat5.1AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Description

Format string vulnerability in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via format string specifiers in unknown vectors.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
amazon linux 1libxml2, libxml2-debuginfo, libxml2-devel and 3 more2.9.1-6.3.49.amzn1
debian 11libxml22.9.4+dfsg1-1
debian 12libxml22.9.4+dfsg1-1
debian 13libxml22.9.4+dfsg1-1
debian 14libxml22.9.4+dfsg1-1
debian 7libxml2no fix listed
debian 8libxml2no fix listed
echolibxml2, libxml2-2.9.12.9.4+dfsg1-1 and 1 more
Oracle Linux 6libxml2, libxml2-devel, libxml2-python and 1 more2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1
Oracle Linux 7libxml2, libxml2-devel, libxml2-python and 1 more2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3
root.io debian 11rootio-libxml22.9.4+dfsg1-1
root.io debian 12rootio-libxml22.9.4+dfsg1-1
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SourcePackageFixed in
amazon linux 1libxml22.9.1-6.3.49.amzn1
amazon linux 1libxml2-debuginfo2.9.1-6.3.49.amzn1
amazon linux 1libxml2-devel2.9.1-6.3.49.amzn1
amazon linux 1libxml2-python262.9.1-6.3.49.amzn1
amazon linux 1libxml2-python272.9.1-6.3.49.amzn1
amazon linux 1libxml2-static2.9.1-6.3.49.amzn1
debian 11libxml22.9.4+dfsg1-1
debian 12libxml22.9.4+dfsg1-1
debian 13libxml22.9.4+dfsg1-1
debian 14libxml22.9.4+dfsg1-1
debian 7libxml2no fix listed
debian 8libxml2no fix listed
echolibxml22.9.4+dfsg1-1
echolibxml2-2.9.12.9.1+e1
Oracle Linux 6libxml22.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1
Oracle Linux 6libxml2-devel2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1
Oracle Linux 6libxml2-python2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1
Oracle Linux 6libxml2-static2.7.6-21.0.1.el6_8.1
Oracle Linux 7libxml22.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3
Oracle Linux 7libxml2-devel2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3
Oracle Linux 7libxml2-python2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3
Oracle Linux 7libxml2-static2.9.1-6.0.1.el7_2.3
root.io debian 11rootio-libxml22.9.4+dfsg1-1
root.io debian 12rootio-libxml22.9.4+dfsg1-1
root.io debian 13rootio-libxml22.9.4+dfsg1-1
seal Red Hat 6libxml22.7.6-21.el6_8.1+sp999
seal Red Hat 6seal-libxml22.7.6-21.el6_8.1+sp999
ubuntu 12.04libxml22.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.17
ubuntu 14.04libxml22.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.9
ubuntu 14.04-ESMlibxml22.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.9
ubuntu 16.04libxml22.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.2
ubuntu 16.04-ESMlibxml22.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.2

References

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