#VU32384 Out-of-bounds read in Libxml2 - CVE-2015-7500

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#VU32384 Out-of-bounds read in Libxml2 - CVE-2015-7500

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32384
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7500
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the xmlParseMisc function in parser.c. A remote attacker can create unspecified vectors related to incorrect entities boundaries and start tags, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


Remediation

Update to version 2.9.3.

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