CVE-2015-8242

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    CVE-2015-8242

    Published: 15 Dec 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2834-1, http://xmlsoft.org/news.html, https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37, https://support.apple.com/HT206166, https://support.apple.com/HT206167, https://support.apple.com/HT206168, https://support.apple.com/HT206169, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html, https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756372, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281950, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/17/5, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/18/23, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77681, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243, https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=8fb4a770075628d6441fb17a1e435100e2f3b1a2

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High