CVE-2015-7942

libxml2: heap-based buffer overflow in xmlParseConditionalSections()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · October 22, 2015

Updated · May 15, 2026

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way libxml2 parsed certain crafted XML input. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML file that, when opened in an application linked against libxml2, would cause the application to crash causing a denial of service.

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