CVE-2016-2073
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2073
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2073.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2073
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-02-12T15:59:00.127Z
- Modified
- 2025-11-14T04:32:27.018908Z
- Severity
-
- 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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.
- References
-
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/25/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/26/7
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85267
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035011
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
Affected packages
Git / github.com/gnome/libxml2
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/gnome/libxml2
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Affected versions
Other
CVE-2013-2877
CVE-2014-0191
CVE-2014-3660
CVE-2015-1819
CVE-2015-5312
CVE-2015-7497
CVE-2015-7498
CVE-2015-7499-1
CVE-2015-7499-2
CVE-2015-7500
CVE-2015-7941_1
CVE-2015-7941_2
CVE-2015-7942
CVE-2015-7942-2
CVE-2015-8035
CVE-2015-8242
CVE-2015-8317
CVE-2016-1762
CVE-2016-1833
CVE-2016-1834
CVE-2016-1835
CVE-2016-1836
CVE-2016-1837
CVE-2016-1838
CVE-2016-1839
CVE-2016-1840
CVE-2016-3627
CVE-2016-3705
CVE-2016-4449
CVE-2016-4483
EAZEL-NAUTILUS-MS-AUG07
FOR_GNOME_0_99_1
GNOME_0_30
GNOME_PRINT_0_24
GNUMERIC_FIRST_PUBLIC_RELEASE
LIBXML2_2_4_21
LIBXML2_2_5_0
LIBXML2_2_5_10
LIBXML2_2_5_7
LIBXML2_2_5_8
LIBXML2_2_5_9
LIBXML2_2_5_x
LIBXML2_2_6_1
LIBXML2_2_6_11
LIBXML2_2_6_12
LIBXML2_2_6_13
LIBXML2_2_6_14
LIBXML2_2_6_15
LIBXML2_2_6_16
LIBXML2_2_6_18
LIBXML2_2_6_19
LIBXML2_2_6_2
LIBXML2_2_6_20
LIBXML2_2_6_21
LIBXML2_2_6_22
LIBXML2_2_6_23
LIBXML2_2_6_24
LIBXML2_2_6_26
LIBXML2_2_6_27
LIBXML2_2_6_28
LIBXML2_2_6_3
LIBXML2_2_6_4
LIBXML2_2_6_5
LIBXML2_2_6_6
LIBXML2_2_6_7
LIBXML2_2_6_8
LIBXML2_2_6_9
LIBXML2_6_0
LIBXML_0_99
LIBXML_1_5_0
LIBXML_1_8_5
LIBXML_1_8_6
LIBXML_2_0_0
LIBXML_2_1_0
LIBXML_2_1_1
LIBXML_2_2_1
LIBXML_2_2_3
LIBXML_2_2_4
LIBXML_2_2_6
LIBXML_2_2_7
LIBXML_2_2_8
LIBXML_2_3_0
LIBXML_2_3_10
LIBXML_2_3_11
LIBXML_2_3_12
LIBXML_2_3_13
LIBXML_2_3_14
LIBXML_2_3_2
LIBXML_2_3_3
LIBXML_2_3_4
LIBXML_2_3_5
LIBXML_2_3_6
LIBXML_2_3_7
LIBXML_2_3_8
LIBXML_2_3_9
LIBXML_2_4_0
LIBXML_2_4_11
LIBXML_2_4_12
LIBXML_2_4_13
LIBXML_2_4_14
LIBXML_2_4_16
LIBXML_2_4_18
LIBXML_2_4_2
LIBXML_2_4_20
LIBXML_2_4_22
LIBXML_2_4_23
LIBXML_2_4_24
LIBXML_2_4_25
LIBXML_2_4_26
LIBXML_2_4_27
LIBXML_2_4_29
LIBXML_2_4_3
LIBXML_2_4_30
LIBXML_2_4_4
LIBXML_2_4_6
LIBXML_2_4_7
LIBXML_2_5_1
LIBXML_2_5_2
LIBXML_2_5_3
LIBXML_2_5_4
LIBXML_2_5_5
LIBXML_2_5_6
LIBXML_2_6_10
LIBXML_TEST_2_0_0
LIB_XML_1_1
LIB_XML_1_3
LIB_XML_1_4
LIB_XML_1_6_1
LIB_XML_1_6_2
LIB_XML_1_7_0
LIB_XML_1_7_1
LIB_XML_1_7_3
LIB_XML_1_8_3
LIB_XML_1_X
PRE_MUCKUP
PRE_MUCKUP2
PRE_MUCKUP3
help
LIBXML2.*
LIBXML2.6.32
LIBXML2.7.0
LIBXML2.7.1
LIBXML2.7.2
LIBXML2.7.3
v2.*
v2.7.4
v2.7.5
v2.7.6
v2.7.7
v2.7.8
v2.8.0
v2.8.0-rc1
v2.8.0-rc2
v2.9.0
v2.9.0-rc2
v2.9.1
v2.9.2
v2.9.2-rc1
v2.9.2-rc2
v2.9.3
v2.9.4-rc1
v2.9.4-rc2