Unscored USN-5548-1 1 CVE

libxml2 vulnerability

Published Aug 4, 2022 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Fixed packages 3

Release	Package	Fixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS	libxml2	2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.7
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS	libxml2	2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.4
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS	libxml2	2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm3

Vulnerabilities 1

Unscored —

CVE-2016-3709

Possible cross-site scripting vulnerability in libxml after commit 960f0e2.

libxml2 libxml2 libxml2 libxml2 Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine

Jul 28, 2022

References

report
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3709