Fluid Attacks Database

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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Component	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 14	libxml2	>=0 <2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1	2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1
nuget	libxml2	>=0 <2.9.3	-
debian 13	libxml2	>=0 <2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1	2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1
debian 12	libxml2	>=0 <2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1	2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1
rpm rhel7	libxml2	<0:2.9.1-6.el7_2.2	0:2.9.1-6.el7_2.2
rpm rhel5	libxml2	-	-
rpm rhel6	libxml2	<0:2.7.6-20.el6_7.1	0:2.7.6-20.el6_7.1

Aliases

1. CVE-2015-87102. NVD-2015-87103. OSV-DEBIAN-2015-87104. OSV-2015-87105. GCVE-2015-87106. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2015-8710

References

1. https://github.com/Karm/CVE-2015-8710

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