UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7497

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7497

    Published: 26 Nov 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-7497
    Aliases:
    USN-2834-1

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlDictComputeFastQKey function in dict.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7497, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2834-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7497

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxml2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6

    Affected versions

    2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2
    2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu3
    2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4
    2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1
    2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.2
    2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.3
    2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4
    2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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