CVE-2015-7941

libxml2 2.9.2 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (22)

Core 22

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74241

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/5

Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=9b8512337d14c8ddf662fcb98b0135f225a1c489

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430

Various Sources x_refsource_confirm

http://xmlsoft.org/news.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177381.html

Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744980

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_hp

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177341.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37

Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html

Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/8

Patch x_refsource_confirm

https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=a7dfab7411cbf545f359dd3157e5df1eb0e7ce31

Scores

EPSS 0.0307

EPSS Percentile 86.1%

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (4)

canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04

canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.04

xmlsoft/libxml2 2.9.2

Published Nov 18, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026