CVE-2016-1762 (GCVE-0-2016-1762)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-03-24 01:00
Modified
2025-12-17 22:04
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
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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