Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-4448

Title: Tenable Log Correlation Engine

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-4448.

CWE Category CWE-134

Published Date Jun 09, 2016

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.8 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.55%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-4448: Format string vulnerability in libxml2 before 2.9.4 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via format string specifiers in unknown vectors.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/2 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90856 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.404722 http://xmlsoft.org/news.html https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1338700 https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=4472c3a5a5b516aaf59b89be602fbce52756c3e9 https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=502f6a6d08b08c04b3ddfb1cd21b2f699c1b7f5b https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05194709 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170 https://support.apple.com/HT206899 https://support.apple.com/HT206901 https://support.apple.com/HT206902 https://support.apple.com/HT206903 https://support.apple.com/HT206904 https://support.apple.com/HT206905 https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/25/2 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90856 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036348 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.404722 http://xmlsoft.org/news.html https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1292 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1338700 https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=4472c3a5a5b516aaf59b89be602fbce52756c3e9 https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=502f6a6d08b08c04b3ddfb1cd21b2f699c1b7f5b https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05194709 https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10170 https://support.apple.com/HT206899 https://support.apple.com/HT206901 https://support.apple.com/HT206902 https://support.apple.com/HT206903 https://support.apple.com/HT206904 https://support.apple.com/HT206905 https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-18

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

10.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-4448 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

June 09, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.