CVE-2015-7941

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-7941
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-18 16:59:04 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionlibxml2 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Application Xmlsoft Libxml2 2.9.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3430-1 libxml2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Releases af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 xmlsoft.org
oss-security - Re: Crafted xml causes out of bound memory access - Libxml2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Cleanup conditional section error handling (9b851233) · Commits · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org
Stop parsing on entities boundaries errors (a7dfab74) · Commits · GNOME / libxml2 · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Bug 744980 – Out of bounds memory access in libxml2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org
Oracle Solaris Bulletin - January 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: mingw-libxml2-2.9.3-1.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Document Display | HPE Support Center af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 h20566.www2.hpe.com
libxml2: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-37) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
libxml2 'parser.c' Out of Bounds Read Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-2812-1: libxml2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
'[security bulletin] HPSBGN03537 rev.1 - HPE IceWall Federation Agent and IceWall File Manager runnin' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
openSUSE-SU-2016:0106-1: moderate: Security update for libxml2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Libxml2 Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Deny Service and Cause Other Unspecified Impacts - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
openSUSE-SU-2015:2372-1: moderate: Security update for libxml2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - Crafted xml causes out of bound memory access - Libxml2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: mingw-libxml2-2.9.3-1.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
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