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CVE-2015-8710

Published: Apr 11, 2016

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://hackerone.com/reports/57125#activity-384861

x_refsource_MISC

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048

x_refsource_CONFIRM

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_DEBIAN

[oss-security] 20150913 Re: libxml2 issue: out-of-bounds memory access when parsing an unclosed HTML comment

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

vendor-advisory

x_refsource_REDHAT

https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e724879d964d774df9b7969fc846605aa1bac54c

x_refsource_CONFIRM

[oss-security] 20150419 libxml2 issue: out-of-bounds memory access when parsing an unclosed HTML comment

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

vdb-entry

x_refsource_BID

[oss-security] 20151231 Re: libxml2 issue: out-of-bounds memory access when parsing an unclosed HTML comment

mailing-list

x_refsource_MLIST

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