CVE-2015-8710
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 11, 2016 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:35 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxLIBXML2
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/4Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/13/1Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/7VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79811x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e724879d964d774df9b7969fc846605aa1bac54cCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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