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CVE-2016-0729

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 9.1% (pctl 95)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in (1) internal/XMLReader.cpp, (2) util/XMLURL.cpp, and (3) util/XMLUri.cpp in the XML Parser library in Apache Xerces-C before 3.1.3 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault or memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0)
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS9.12% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-119
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2016-04-07
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (2)

VendorProduct
fedoraprojectfedora
samsungx14j firmware

References

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