CVE-2015-8242 (GCVE-0-2015-8242)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-12-15 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:13
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The xmlSAX2TextNode function in SAX2.c in the push interface in the HTML parser in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
27 references
Date Public
2015-11-18 00:00
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"aggregate_severity": "Low",
"current_release_date": "2026-05-14T18:38:30+00:00",
"cve": "CVE-2015-8242",
"id": "CVE-2015-8242",
"initial_release_date": "2015-10-11T00:00:00+00:00",
"product_status:fixed": "481",
"product_status:known_affected": "2",
"source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
"status": "final",
"title": "libxml2: Buffer overread with HTML parser in push mode in xmlSAX2TextNode",
"url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2015/cve-2015-8242.json",
"version": "3"
}
}
}
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