CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-7499

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2015-12-15 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-12-15
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlGROW function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive process memory information via unspecified vectors.

Affected configurations

• apple iphone os (<= 9.2.1) • apple mac os x (<= 10.11.3) • apple tvos (<= 9.1) • apple watchos (<= 2.1) • canonical ubuntu linux 12.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 15.10 • redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux hpc node 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux server 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0 • hp icewall federation agent 3.0 • hp icewall file manager 3.0 • xmlsoft libxml2 (<= 2.9.2) • debian debian linux 7.0 • debian debian linux 8.0 • opensuse leap 42.1 • opensuse opensuse 13.1 • opensuse opensuse 13.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References