CVE-2015-8241

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-12-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly check the state, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 15.04, 15.10
Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
Hewlett Packard Enterprise IceWall Federation Agent: 3.0
HP Icewall File Manager: 3.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0
xmlsoft libxml2: through 2.9.2

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/17/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/18/23
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77621

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