CVE-2015-8241 (GCVE-0-2015-8241)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-12-15 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:13
VLAI
Summary
The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly check the state, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2015-11-18 00:00
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      "aggregate_severity": "Low",
      "current_release_date": "2026-05-14T18:38:27+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2015-8241",
      "id": "CVE-2015-8241",
      "initial_release_date": "2015-10-08T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "481",
      "product_status:known_affected": "2",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "libxml2: Buffer overread with XML parser in xmlNextChar",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2015/cve-2015-8241.json",
      "version": "3"
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}



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