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HIGH 8.1

CVE-2016-4472

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.

CVSS v3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS 2.3% percentile 84.8%

Affected tracked apps

Vulnerable CPE configurations

Vendor Product Platform Versions CPE 2.3 URI
python python Windows ≥2.7.0 <2.7.15 cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python python Windows ≥3.3.0 <3.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python python Windows ≥3.4.0 <3.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python python Windows ≥3.5.0 <3.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
python python Windows ≥3.6.0 <3.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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