Security Advisory
CVE-2016-4449
7.1
HIGH
Vulnerability Description
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the xmlStringLenDecodeEntities function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.4, when not in validating mode, allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via unspecified vectors.
Published Date
June 9, 2016
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory