{"id":"ALPINE-CVE-2016-4472","details":"The overflow protection in Expat is removed by compilers with certain optimization settings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted XML data.  NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-1283 and CVE-2015-2716.","modified":"2025-11-19T06:01:49.403715Z","published":"2016-06-30T17:59:04Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-4472"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-4472"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"expat","ecosystem":"Alpine:v3.4","purl":"pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.1.1-r2"}]}],"versions":["2.0.1-r0","2.0.1-r1","2.0.1-r2","2.0.1-r3","2.0.1-r4","2.0.1-r5","2.0.1-r6","2.1.0-r0","2.1.0-r1","2.1.0-r2","2.1.1-r0","2.1.1-r1"],"ecosystem_specific":{},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2016-4472.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}