CVE-2016-4478

Published: Jun 13, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (4)

Products: Opensuse: Leap, Opensuse · Atheme: Atheme · Debian: Debian Linux

2 products

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Leap	Version 42.1
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.2

Configuration B

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Atheme Atheme	Up to 7.2.6

Configuration C

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Debian Debian Linux	Version 8.0

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (10)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00061.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3586

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/2

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/1

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/atheme/atheme/commit/87580d767868360d2fed503980129504da84b63e

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00061.html