CVE-2015-8241 (GCVE-0-2015-8241)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-12-15 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:13
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
18 references
Date Public
2015-11-18 00:00
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