cve/2016/CVE-2016-4449.md

CVE-2016-4449

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.

POC

Reference

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html

Github

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