CVE-2015-7941

Description

libxml2 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 Information

Base Score
9.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
1.248

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
GNOME XML library (USN-2812-1) libxml2_2.9.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.2_i386.debLinux
GNOME XML library (USN-2812-1) libxml2_2.9.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.2_amd64.debLinux
GNOME XML library (USN-2812-1) libxml2_2.9.2+zdfsg1-4ubuntu0.1_i386.debLinux
GNOME XML library (USN-2812-1) libxml2_2.9.2+zdfsg1-4ubuntu0.1_amd64.debLinux

Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234