CVE-2015-7497

CWE-119 — Buffer OverflowCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow9 documents8 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUM
EPSS
3.1%
top 13.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
9
Xmlsoft Libxml2Canonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Debian Linux+6 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 15
Latest updateMay 17

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlDictComputeFastQKey function in dict.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages9 packages

▶Debianlibxml2< 2.9.3+dfsg1-1+3
▶Ubuntulibxml2< 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6
▶NVDxmlsoft/libxml22.9.2

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 15.04, 15.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-34pw-489q-jrxj: Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlDictComputeFastQKey function in dict↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2015-7497: Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlDictComputeFastQKey function in dict↗2015-12-15
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CVEList
CVE-2015-7497: Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlDictComputeFastQKey function in dict↗2015-12-15
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OSV
libxml2 vulnerabilities↗2015-12-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libxml2 vulnerabilities↗2015-12-14
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Red Hat
libxml2: Heap-based buffer overflow in xmlDictComputeFastQKey↗2015-12-01
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Debian
CVE-2015-7497: libxml2 - Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlDictComputeFastQKey function in dict.c in l...↗2015
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-7497 libxml2: Heap-based buffer overflow in xmlDictComputeFastQKey↗2015-11-13
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CVE-2015-7497 (MEDIUM CVSS 5) | Heap-based buffer overflow in the x | cvebase.io