Security advisory

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  "id": "fcd7e0e460c299f22f34cd26cf35e889b2c68a79b0cd2ed41329244203975107",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4571",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-4571",
    "summary": "The mxml_write_node function in mxml-file.c in mxml 2.9, 2.7, and possibly earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via crafted xml file.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-4571",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-4571",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-4571"
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "7a722318cf75bce74e7ab4ae9b2e4045cc304402"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "149bcb62ff021998d8803efc311ba433600f9f91"
                },
                {
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                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mini-xml_project:mini-xml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:mini-xml_project:mini-xml:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "2.9"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "2.9"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.9",
            "release-2.9",
            "release-2.7"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-4571.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:21.501882531Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00018.html",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334648"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-4571",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430496,
  "published_at": "2017-02-03T15:59:00.367+00:00"
}