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FKIE_CVE-2015-8710

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-04-11 21:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:35
Summary
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.
References
security@debian.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/4Mailing List, Patch
security@debian.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/13/1Mailing List
security@debian.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/7Mailing List
security@debian.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79811Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048Issue Tracking
security@debian.orghttps://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e724879d964d774df9b7969fc846605aa1bac54cThird Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://hackerone.com/reports/57125#activity-384861Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/4Mailing List, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/13/1Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/7Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79811Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e724879d964d774df9b7969fc846605aa1bac54cThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://hackerone.com/reports/57125#activity-384861Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
xmlsoft libxml2 *
debian debian_linux 7.0
debian debian_linux 8.0
debian debian_linux 9.0

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            }
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        }
      ],
      "source": "security@debian.org"
    }
  ],
  "configurations": [
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      "nodes": [
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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              "versionEndExcluding": "2.9.3",
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:35:04.680",
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