CVE-2015-7500

Description

The xmlParseMisc function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via unspecified vectors related to incorrect entities boundaries and start tags.

References

https://support.apple.com/HT206169

https://support.apple.com/HT206168

https://support.apple.com/HT206167

https://support.apple.com/HT206166

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172

https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=f1063fdbe7fa66332bbb76874101c2a7b51b519f

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281943

http://xmlsoft.org/news.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2834-1

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79562

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3