CVE-2016-4478

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4478
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4478.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-4478
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Published
2016-06-13T19:59:09Z
Modified
2026-05-17T11:55:09Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Buffer overflow in the xmlrpc_char_encode function in modules/transport/xmlrpc/xmlrpclib.c in Atheme before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XMLRPC response encoding.

Database specific 
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "42.1"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "last_affected": "13.2"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_FIELD",
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:opensuse"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages