--- title: "CVE-2016-4608\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4608?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2016-4608 Publication date 22 July 2016 Last updated 25 August 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) ## Cvss 3 Severity Score **9.8 · Critical** [Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4608?format=md#impact-score) Toggle side navigation ## Description libxslt in Apple iOS before 9.3.3, OS X before 10.11.6, iTunes before 12.4.2 on Windows, iCloud before 5.2.1 on Windows, tvOS before 9.2.2, and watchOS before 2.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4607, CVE-2016-4609, CVE-2016-4610, and CVE-2016-4612. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4608?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | libxslt | 17.04 zesty | Not affected | | 16.10 yakkety | Not affected | | 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.1 | | 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1.1.28-2ubuntu0.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.1.26-8ubuntu1.4 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie) may be https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show\_bug.cgi?id=765380 or https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show\_bug.cgi?id=765271 and possibly addressed in 1.1.29; similar for CVE-2016-4612. fixes would be: https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=5d0c6565bab5b9b7efceb33b626916d22b4101a7 https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=d8862309f08054218b28e2c8f5fb3cb2f650cac7 given the above, these were fixed in the upstream 1.1.29 release --- ### [sbettie](https://launchpad.net/~sbettie) incorporated patches into USN 3271-1 ## Severity score breakdown CVSS version: CVSS v3.0 **Base score** 9.8 · Critical * Base metrics | Parameter | Value | | --- | --- | | Attack vector | Network | | Attack complexity | Low | | Privileges required | None | | User interaction | None | | Scope | Unchanged | | Confidentiality impact | High | | Integrity impact | High | | Availability impact | High | * Scores | Parameter | Value | | --- | --- | | Base score | 9.8 · Critical | | Exploitability score | - | | Impact score | - | **Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4608) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4608) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-4608) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-4608) ### Other references * * * * * * * * * * * *