CVE-2015-8806 Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.17% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LIBXML2-1551312
  • published13 Apr 2016
  • disclosed13 Apr 2016

Introduced: 13 Apr 2016

CVE-2015-8806  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 libxml2 to version 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

dict.c in libxml2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via an unexpected character immediately after the "<!DOCTYPE html" substring in a crafted HTML document.

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