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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - security@debian.org

Published

2016-04-11

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Libxml2 (Xmlsoft)

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/13/1
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79811
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048
• https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e724879d964d774df9b7969fc846605aa1bac54c
• https://hackerone.com/reports/57125#activity-384861