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CVE-2015-8710

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.

Published

2016-04-11T21:59:15.667

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	xmlsoft	libxml2	< 2.9.3	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	9.0	Yes

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/4 Mailing List, Patch ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/13/1 Mailing List ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/7 Mailing List ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79811 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e724879d964d774df9b7969fc846605aa1bac54c Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://hackerone.com/reports/57125#activity-384861 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/4 Mailing List, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/13/1 Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/7 Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79811 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e724879d964d774df9b7969fc846605aa1bac54c Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://hackerone.com/reports/57125#activity-384861 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)