| Name | CVE-2016-4463 |
| Description | Stack-based buffer overflow in Apache Xerces-C++ before 3.1.4 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a deeply nested DTD. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-535-1, DSA-3610-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 828990 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xerces-c (PTS) | buster | 3.2.2+debian-1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 3.2.2+debian-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 3.2.3+debian-3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.2.4+debian-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 3.2.4+debian-1.1 | fixed |
| sid | 3.2.4+debian-1.3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
http://xerces.apache.org/xerces-c/secadv/CVE-2016-4463.txt