CVE-2015-7941 (GCVE-0-2015-7941)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-18 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:06
VLAI?
Summary
libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly stop parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and libxml2 crash) via crafted XML data to the (1) xmlParseEntityDecl or (2) xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c, as demonstrated by non-terminated entities.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74241 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=9… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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