CVE-2015-7942

Description

The xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c in libxml2 does not properly skip intermediary entities when it stops parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7941.

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
1.457

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 UpdateMac
Multiple vulnerabilities are fixed in OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 Combo UpdateMac
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
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in icewall_federation_agent 3.0NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in icewall_file_manager 3.0-sp4NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in icewall_file_manager 3.0-sp3NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in icewall_file_manager 3.0-sp2NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in icewall_file_manager 3.0-sp1NCM
Multiple Vulnerabilities affected in icewall_file_manager 3.0NCM
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability (CVE-2015-7942)NCM

Patch Details

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Patch IDPatch Description
PATCH-600753OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 Update
PATCH-600754OS X El Capitan 10.11.6 Combo Update

References

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