CVE-2015-8317

libxml2: Out-of-bounds heap read when parsing file with unfinished xml declaration

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · June 29, 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 leak potentially sensitive information.

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:P/I:N/A:N

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read