critical
CVE-2016-4609
libxslt: Out-of-bounds read at xmlGetLineNoInternal()
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 Hat4.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).
Description
libxslt in Apple iOS before 9.3.3, OS X before 10.11.6, iTunes before 12.4.2 on Windows, iCloud before 5.2.1 on Windows, tvOS before 9.2.2, and watchOS before 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4607, CVE-2016-4608, CVE-2016-4610, and CVE-2016-4612.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian 11 | libxslt | 1.1.29-1 |
| debian 12 | libxslt | 1.1.29-1 |
| debian 13 | libxslt | 1.1.29-1 |
| debian 14 | libxslt | 1.1.29-1 |
| debian 8 | libxslt | 1.1.28-2+deb8u5 |
| echo | libxslt | 1.1.29-1 |
| Red Hat | libxslt, libxslt-devel, libxslt-python | no fix listed |
| root.io debian 11 | rootio-libxslt | 1.1.29-1 |
| root.io debian 12 | rootio-libxslt | 1.1.29-1 |
| root.io debian 13 | rootio-libxslt | 1.1.29-1 |
| seal Red Hat 7 | libxslt, seal-libxslt | 1.1.28-6.el7+sp999 |
| ubuntu 12.04 | libxslt | 1.1.26-8ubuntu1.4 |
Show all 19 entries from 16 sources
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| debian 11 | libxslt | 1.1.29-1 |
| debian 12 | libxslt | 1.1.29-1 |
| debian 13 | libxslt | 1.1.29-1 |
| debian 14 | libxslt | 1.1.29-1 |
| debian 8 | libxslt | 1.1.28-2+deb8u5 |
| echo | libxslt | 1.1.29-1 |
| Red Hat | libxslt | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | libxslt-devel | no fix listed |
| Red Hat | libxslt-python | no fix listed |
| root.io debian 11 | rootio-libxslt | 1.1.29-1 |
| root.io debian 12 | rootio-libxslt | 1.1.29-1 |
| root.io debian 13 | rootio-libxslt | 1.1.29-1 |
| seal Red Hat 7 | libxslt | 1.1.28-6.el7+sp999 |
| seal Red Hat 7 | seal-libxslt | 1.1.28-6.el7+sp999 |
| ubuntu 12.04 | libxslt | 1.1.26-8ubuntu1.4 |
| ubuntu 14.04 | libxslt | 1.1.28-2ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 14.04-ESM | libxslt | 1.1.28-2ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04 | libxslt | 1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.1 |
| ubuntu 16.04-ESM | libxslt | 1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.1 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91826
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4609
All 19 references
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00020.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SK4YNISS22MJY22YX5I6V2U63QZAUEHA/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4609
- https://support.apple.com/HT206899
- https://support.apple.com/HT206901
- https://support.apple.com/HT206902
- https://support.apple.com/HT206903
- https://support.apple.com/HT206904
- https://support.apple.com/HT206905
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3271-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4609