Heap-based buffer overflow in Libxml2 - CVE-2015-8806
Published: May 22, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU89742
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8806
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via an unexpected character immediately after the " substring in a crafted HTML document.
Affected software
Libxml2
IBM Integrated Management Module
IBM Integrated Management Module
How to mitigate CVE-2015-8806
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
Libxml2 - update to 2.9.4
IBM Integrated Management Module - update to YUOOH4B - 1.53
IBM Integrated Management Module - update to YUOOH4B - 1.53
External References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/5
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593