CVE-2015-8806 - OpenCVE

dict.c in libxml2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via an unexpected character immediately after the "<!DOCTYPE html" substring in a crafted HTML document.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vendors & Products
CPE Configurations

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux
Xmlsoft	Libxml2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References

Link	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/5	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1	Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593	Third Party Advisory

History

No history.

MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2016-04-13T17:00:00

Updated: 2017-06-30T16:57:01

Reserved: 2016-02-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8806

JSON object: View

NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-04-13T17:59:07.460

Modified: 2020-09-11T15:32:28.993

Link: CVE-2015-8806

JSON object: View

Redhat Information

No data.

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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