CVE-2015-8242

N/A
Published: December 15, 2015 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:34 AM UTC
12 products affected across 5 vendorsmacOSiPhone OSUbuntu Linux

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (27)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_HPThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html

CVSS

Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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