CVE-2016-2073

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Published 2016-02-12 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

Description

The htmlParseNameComplex function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted XML document.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
16.04	Affected	—
15.10	Affected	—
14.04	Affected	—
12.04	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 6 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1`
sid	Fixed	`2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1`
forky	Fixed	`2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1`
8.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
xmlsoft	libxml2	`{"endExcluding":"2.9.4"}`	`2.9.4`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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