CVE-2015-7941

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS4.3

Exploit probability—

ProductXmlsoft Libxml2

PublishedNov 18, 2015

First seenNov 18, 2015

How to fix

Vendor advisories

security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
xmlsoft libxml2	2.9.2	—
canonical ubuntu_linux	12.04, 14.04, 15.04	—

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