gsd-2015-7498
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:20
Details
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseXmlDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors related to extracting errors after an encoding conversion failure.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2015-7498


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                  accessVector: "NETWORK",
                  authentication: "NONE",
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         lastModifiedDate: "2023-02-12T23:15Z",
         publishedDate: "2015-12-15T21:59Z",
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