The overflow protection in Expat is removed by compilers with certain optimization settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data. NOTE: this vulnerabili…
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cve-program · CVE-2016-4472
PublishedThe overflow protection in Expat is removed by compilers with certain optimization settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1283 and CVE-2015-2716.
- Source published
- 30 Jun 2016 17:00:00 UTC
- Source modified
- 8 Oct 2026 21:03:22 UTC
- Observed here
- 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
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