CVE-2015-7499

CWE-119 — Buffer OverflowCWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow34 documents9 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUM
EPSS
1.6%
top 18.44%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
15
Apple Iphone OSApple MAC OS XApple Tvos+12 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 15
Latest updateSep 17

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlGROW function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive process memory information via unspecified vectors.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages16 packages

▶Debianlibxml2< 2.9.3+dfsg1-1+3
▶Ubuntulibxml2< 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6
▶NVDxmlsoft/libxml22.9.2
▶RubyGemsnokogiri1.6.0 — 1.6.7.2
▶NVDapple/tvos9.1

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

Patches

Patch: git.gnome.org ↗Patch: git.gnome.org ↗Patch: git.gnome.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
Heap-based buffer overflow in nokogiri↗2018-09-17
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OSV
Heap-based buffer overflow in nokogiri↗2018-09-17
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CVEList
CVE-2015-7499: Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlGROW function in parser↗2015-12-15
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OSV
CVE-2015-7499: Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlGROW function in parser↗2015-12-15
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OSV
libxml2 vulnerabilities↗2015-12-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

27
Ubuntu
libxml2 vulnerabilities↗2016-01-19
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Ubuntu
libxml2 vulnerabilities↗2015-12-14
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Red Hat
libxml2: Heap-based buffer overflow in xmlGROW↗2015-12-01
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Debian
CVE-2015-7499: libxml2 - Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlGROW function in parser.c in libxml2 before...↗2015
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Apple
CVE-2016-1761: OS X El Capitan v10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002↗
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-7499 libxml2: Heap-based buffer overflow in xmlGROW↗2015-11-13
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CVE-2015-7499 (MEDIUM CVSS 5) | Heap-based buffer overflow in the x | cvebase.io