CVE-2015-7498

libxml2: Heap-based buffer overflow in xmlParseXmlDecl

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · December 1, 2015

Updated · May 15, 2026

Description

A denial of service flaw was found in libxml2. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML or HTML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would cause that application to crash.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow