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CVE-2015-8317
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 5.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2015-12-15 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-119
Description
The xmlParseXMLDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via an (1) unterminated encoding value or (2) incomplete XML declaration in XML data, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap read.
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.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00002.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00003.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Jul/msg00005.html
- 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-2016-1089.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/21/1
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