CVE-2015-7498
CVSS V2 Medium 5
CVSS V3 None
Description
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2015-7498
- Assigner
- secalert@redhat.com
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2015-12-15T21:59:02
- Last Modified Date
- 2023-02-12T23:15:35
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_federation_agent:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_file_manager:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 2.9.2 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- NONE
- Integrity Impact
- NONE
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 5
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 2.9
References
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7498 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7498 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 08:37:24 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 07:35:00 | 2015-12-15T21:59Z | 2015-12-15T21:59:02 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 07:35:00 | 2017-09-14T01:29:03 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 07:35:00 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated | |
| 2023-02-02 22:06:01 | 2023-02-02T21:15:29 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-02-02 22:06:02 | 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. | A denial of service flaw was found in libxml2. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML or HTML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would cause that application to crash. | Description | updated |
| 2023-02-02 22:06:04 | References | updated | ||
| 2023-02-13 01:06:23 | 2023-02-12T23:15:35 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2023-02-13 01:06:23 | A denial of service flaw was found in libxml2. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML or HTML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would cause that application to crash. | 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. | Description | updated |