Description
The xmlreader in libxml allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted XML data, related to an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
References (24)
Core 24
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT206167
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT206168
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172943.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-08
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75570
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172710.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1419.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=213f1fe0d76d30eaed6e5853057defc43e6df2c9
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT206169
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.apple.com/HT206166
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0204
EPSS Percentile
84.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-399
Status
published
Products (18)
apple/iphone_os
< 9.2.1
apple/mac_os_x
< 10.11.3
apple/tvos
< 9.1
apple/watchos
< 2.1
canonical/ubuntu_linux
12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
15.04
debian/debian_linux
7.0
debian/debian_linux
8.0
fedoraproject/fedora
22
... and 8 more
Published
Aug 14, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026