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CVE-2015-1819

libxml2: denial of service processing a crafted XML document

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

2.6

CVSS 2.0

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Published · April 14, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A denial of service flaw was found in the way the libxml2 library parsed certain XML files. An attacker could provide a specially crafted XML file that, when parsed by an application using libxml2, could cause that application to use an excessive amount of memory.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw in libxml2.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 2.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE not specified