CVEvulnerability
CVE-2015-8710
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-04-11
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
Description
The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access and application crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unclosed HTML comment.
Affected configurations
• xmlsoft libxml2 (< 2.9.3)
• debian debian linux 7.0
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/4 Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/13/1 Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/7 Mailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79811 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048 Issue Tracking
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e724879d964d774df9b7969fc846605aa1bac54c Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/57125#activity-384861 Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/4 Mailing List, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/13/1 Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/7 Mailing List
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79811 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048 Issue Tracking
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e724879d964d774df9b7969fc846605aa1bac54c Third Party Advisory
- https://hackerone.com/reports/57125#activity-384861 Third Party Advisory