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CVE-2015-8806

Published: Apr 13, 2016 | Modified: Sep 11, 2020
CVSS 3.x
7.5
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 N/A
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8806
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Libxml2 Xmlsoft * 2.9.4 (excluding)
Libxml2 Ubuntu precise *
Libxml2 Ubuntu trusty *
Libxml2 Ubuntu vivid/stable-phone-overlay *
Libxml2 Ubuntu wily *
Libxml2 Ubuntu xenial *

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