| Name | CVE-2016-4448 |
| Description | Format string vulnerability in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via format string specifiers in unknown vectors. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 829718 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libxml2 (PTS) | bullseye | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libxml2 | source | (unstable) | 2.9.4+dfsg1-1 | | | 829718 |
Notes
[jessie] - libxml2 <ignored> (Minor impact; too intrusive to backport)
[wheezy] - libxml2 <no-dsa> (Minor impact; too intrusive to backport)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=761029
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/4472c3a5a5b516aaf59b89be602fbce52756c3e9 (v2.9.4)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/502f6a6d08b08c04b3ddfb1cd21b2f699c1b7f5b (v2.9.4)