CVE-2015-8710

CWE-119 — Buffer Overflow8 documents8 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICAL
EPSS
4.7%
top 10.63%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Xmlsoft Libxml2Debian Debian Linux
Timeline
PublishedApr 11
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access and application crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unclosed HTML comment.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDxmlsoft/libxml2< 2.9.3
▶Debianlibxml2< 2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, 8.0, 9.0

Patches

Patch: www.openwall.com ↗Patch: www.openwall.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-v7gh-6vm2-wvxm: The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2015-8710: The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser↗2016-04-11
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OSV
CVE-2015-8710: The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser↗2016-04-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
libxml2 vulnerabilities↗2016-01-19
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Red Hat
libxml2: out-of-bounds memory access when parsing an unclosed HTML comment↗2015-04-19
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Debian
CVE-2015-8710: libxml2 - The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to obt...↗2015
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-8710 libxml2: out-of-bounds memory access when parsing an unclosed HTML comment↗2015-04-21
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CVE-2015-8710 (CRITICAL CVSS 9.8) | The htmlParseComment function in HT | cvebase.io