CVE-2015-8710

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-8710
  • Assigner
  • security@debian.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-04-11T21:59:15
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-02-26T19:19:43
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.9.3
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:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://hackerone.com/reports/57125#activity-384861 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048 Issue Tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79811 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e724879d964d774df9b7969fc846605aa1bac54c Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/13/1 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/4 Mailing List Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/7 Mailing List
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8710
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8710
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:48:44 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 08:52:51 2016-04-11T21:59Z 2016-04-11T21:59:15 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 08:52:51 2020-02-26T19:19:43 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 08:52:51 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated