debian · CVE-2016-1762

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:01:25 GMT

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CVE-2016-1762 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libxml2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

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.

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