Out-of-Bounds Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.89% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBXML2-429649
  • published11 Apr 2016
  • disclosed11 Apr 2016

Introduced: 11 Apr 2016

CVE-2015-8710  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 libxml2 to version 2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1 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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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