CVE-2015-8710

Description

The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access and application crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unclosed HTML comment.

Risk Information

Base Score
9.8
MODERATE
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
Exploitation Probability
4.711

Associated Vulnerability

VulnerabilityOS Platform
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
GNOME XML library (USN-2875-1) libxml2_2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7_i386.debLinux
GNOME XML library (USN-2875-1) libxml2_2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7_amd64.debLinux
GNOME XML library (USN-2875-1) libxml2_2.9.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.3_i386.debLinux
GNOME XML library (USN-2875-1) libxml2_2.9.2+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.3_amd64.debLinux
GNOME XML library (USN-2875-1) libxml2_2.9.2+zdfsg1-4ubuntu0.3_i386.debLinux
GNOME XML library (USN-2875-1) libxml2_2.9.2+zdfsg1-4ubuntu0.3_amd64.debLinux
GNOME XML library (USN-2875-1) libxml2_2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.14_i386.debLinux
GNOME XML library (USN-2875-1) libxml2_2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.14_amd64.debLinux
SUSE-SU-2016:0187-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3 ) libxml2-2.7.6-0.37.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2016:0187-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3 ) libxml2-32bit-2.7.6-0.37.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2016:0187-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3 ) libxml2-doc-2.7.6-0.37.1.x86_64.rpmLinux
SUSE-SU-2016:0187-1(SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3 ) libxml2-python-2.7.6-0.37.4.x86_64.rpmLinux
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability (CVE-2015-8710)NCM

Patch Details

No records found

References

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