#VU32382 Stack-based buffer overflow in Libxml2 - CVE-2015-8242

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#VU32382 Stack-based buffer overflow in Libxml2 - CVE-2015-8242

Published: December 15, 2015 / Updated: July 28, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32382
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8242
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Libxml2
Software vendor:
Gnome Development Team

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the xmlSAX2TextNode function in SAX2.c in the push interface in the HTML parser when processing crafted XML data. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Update to version 2.9.3.

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