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CVE-2015-7941

MEDIUMEPSS 86th pctl
4.3
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly stop parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and libxml2 crash) via crafted XML data to the (1) xmlParseEntityDecl or (2) xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c, as demonstrated by non-terminated entities.

How to fix

Remediation Available
libxml2Debian
Fixed in:2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1CVE-2015-7941
Fixed in:2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1CVE-2015-7941
Fixed in:2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1CVE-2015-7941
Fixed in:2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1CVE-2015-7941
libxml2Ubuntu
Fixed in:2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5USN-2812-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

3.07%probability of exploitation in 30 days
86thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 86% of all known CVEs.

References

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