Out-of-Bounds Affecting libxml2 package, versions [,2.9.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.18% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBXML2-3004040
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Dec 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Dec 2015

CVE-2015-8241  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libxml2 to version 2.9.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly check the state, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data.

CVSS Scores

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