Out-of-Bounds Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.2+zdfsg1-4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.96% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LIBXML2-1551569
  • published15 Dec 2015
  • disclosed15 Dec 2015

Introduced: 15 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-8317  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 libxml2 to version 2.9.2+zdfsg1-4 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.

The xmlParseXMLDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via an (1) unterminated encoding value or (2) incomplete XML declaration in XML data, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap read.

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