Fluid Attacks Database

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlDictComputeFastQKey function in dict.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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

Aliases

1. CVE-2015-74972. NVD-2015-74973. OSV-DEBIAN-2015-74974. OSV-2015-74975. GCVE-2015-74976. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2015-7497

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