#VU32388 Heap-based buffer overflow in Libxml2 - CVE-2015-7498

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#VU32388 Heap-based buffer overflow in Libxml2 - CVE-2015-7498

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32388
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-2015-7498
CWE-ID: CWE-122
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 in Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseXmlDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3. A remote attacker can use unspecified vectors related to extracting errors after an encoding conversion failure. to trigger heap-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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