CVE-2015-8242

medium HPE
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
EPSS Score
1.4%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 20% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
P
Published: December 15, 2015 (3803 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: HPE
Source: NVD

Description

The xmlSAX2TextNode function in SAX2.c in the push interface in the HTML parser in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data.

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

xmlsoft libxml2hp icewall federation agenthp icewall file managerapple iphone osapple mac os xapple tvosapple watchoscanonical ubuntu linuxredhat enterprise linux desktopredhat enterprise linux hpc node

References

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