CVE-2015-8242

CWE-119 — Buffer Overflow13 documents9 sources
Severity
5.8MEDIUM
EPSS
1.4%
top 19.79%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
12
Apple Iphone OSApple MAC OS XApple Tvos+9 more
Timeline
PublishedDec 15
Latest updateMay 14

Description

The xmlSAX2TextNode function in SAX2.c in the push interface in the HTML parser in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:P/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 4.9

Affected Packages12 packages

▶Debianlibxml2< 2.9.3+dfsg1-1+3
▶NVDxmlsoft/libxml22.9.2
▶NVDapple/tvos9.1
▶NVDapple/watchos2.1
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.11.3

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 15.04, 15.10

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-f254-qfhg-6649: The xmlSAX2TextNode function in SAX2↗2022-05-14
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CVEList
CVE-2015-8242: The xmlSAX2TextNode function in SAX2↗2015-12-15
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OSV
CVE-2015-8242: The xmlSAX2TextNode function in SAX2↗2015-12-15
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OSV
libxml2 vulnerabilities↗2015-12-14
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📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
libxml2 vulnerabilities↗2015-12-14
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Red Hat
libxml2: Buffer overread with HTML parser in push mode in xmlSAX2TextNode↗2015-10-11
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Debian
CVE-2015-8242: libxml2 - The xmlSAX2TextNode function in SAX2.c in the push interface in the HTML parser ...↗2015
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Apple
CVE-2015-8242: OS X El Capitan v10.11.4 and Security Update 2016-002↗
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Apple
CVE-2015-8242: tvOS 9.2↗
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8242 libxml2: Buffer overread with HTML parser in push mode in xmlSAX2TextNode↗2015-11-13
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CVE-2015-8242 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.8) | The xmlSAX2TextNode function in SAX | cvebase.io