CVE-2015-8241

medium HPE
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.4
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
EPSS Score
1.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 23% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
P
Published: December 15, 2015 (3803 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: HPE
Source: NVD

Description

The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly check the state, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data.

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

debian debian linuxredhat enterprise linux desktopredhat enterprise linux hpc noderedhat enterprise linux serverredhat enterprise linux workstationhp icewall federation agenthp icewall file managercanonical ubuntu linuxxmlsoft libxml2

References

🔗 lists.opensuse.org 🔗 lists.opensuse.org 🔗 marc.info 🔗 rhn.redhat.com 🔗 rhn.redhat.com