CVE-2015-8241

CWE-119 — Buffer OverflowCWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read10 documents8 sources
Severity
6.4MEDIUM
EPSS
1.0%
top 23.01%
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

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 vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:N/A:PExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 4.9

Affected Packages8 packages

▶Debianlibxml2< 2.9.3+dfsg1-1+3
▶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-54c8-wpg2-cf22: The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 2↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2015-8241: The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 2↗2015-12-15
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OSV
CVE-2015-8241: The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 2↗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: Buffer overread with XML parser in xmlNextChar↗2015-10-08
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Debian
CVE-2015-8241: libxml2 - The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly check the state, whi...↗2015
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8241 libxml2: Buffer overread with XML parser in xmlNextChar↗2015-11-13
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8241 tigervnc: NULL pointer dereference flaw in XRegion↗2014-10-10
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CVE-2015-8241 (MEDIUM CVSS 6.4) | The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 | cvebase.io