{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4478","details":"Buffer overflow in the xmlrpc_char_encode function in modules/transport/xmlrpc/xmlrpclib.c in Atheme before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XMLRPC response encoding.","modified":"2025-09-08T16:43:44Z","published":"2016-06-13T19:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-4478"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4478"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4478"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"atheme-services","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/atheme-services@6.0.11-2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.0.11-2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["6.0.11-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"6.0.11-2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1","binary_name":"atheme-services"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4478.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}