CVE-2016-4658
xpointer.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 (as used in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3, and other products) does not forbid namespace nodes in XPointer ranges,
02 Description
xpointer.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5 (as used in Apple iOS before 10, OS X before 10.12, tvOS before 10, and watchOS before 3, and other products) does not forbid namespace nodes in XPointer ranges,
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 8.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-14.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-09-25 10:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-14 06:25Z15 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-05-11
- Assigning CNA
- apple
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- f1db93384deb79528644c5538ffaac755ad09fa03e1f20664cce73b2572ce730
05 Affected products
06 References
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT207141
- www.securitytracker.com1036858http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036858
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-09-20http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-09-20-3http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-09-20-5http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00010.html
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-09-20-6http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00011.html
- www.securityfocus.com93054http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93054
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT207170
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-37https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT207142
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT207143
- www.securitytracker.com1038623http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038623
- git.gnome.orghttps://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=c1d1f7121194036608bf555f08d3062a36fd344b
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
07 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.4+12+ge905f08-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.9
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libxml2 Fixed in 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.