CVE-2015-8710 (GCVE-0-2015-8710)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-04-11 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:29
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Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2015-04-19 00:00
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