CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-8242

5.8 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])
5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

The xmlSAX2TextNode function in SAX2.c in the push interface in the HTML parser in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data.

Affected configurations

• xmlsoft libxml2 (<= 2.9.2) • hp icewall federation agent 3.0 • hp icewall file manager 3.0 • 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

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References