THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-1762
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-1762

Safari vulnerability

CVSS
8.1
EPSS
6.5%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Apple
Affected product
Safari
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
  • CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2016-03-24

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-1762

  • Confirm whether Apple Safari is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-1762.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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