CVE-2015-7941 in libxml2

Résumé

par MITRE

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.

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• Réserver: 22/10/2015
• Divulgation: 18/11/2015
• Modérer: accepté
• Entrée: VDB-79257
• CPE: prêt
• CWE: CWE-119 (confirmé)
• CVSS: 4.3 (NVD)
• EPSS: 0.03069
• KEV: non
• Activités: très faible
• Secteur: Lawfirm, Police, ...

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7941
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7941
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2015-7941/