UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8806

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8806

    Published: 13 Apr 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8806
    Aliases:
    USN-2994-1

    Summary:

    Details: dict.c in libxml2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via an unexpected character immediately after the "<!DOCTYPE html" substring in a crafted HTML document.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8806, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2994-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8806

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxml2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.8?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.8

    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
    2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6
    2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Integrity
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