OpenCVE

dict.c in libxml2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via an unexpected character immediately after the "<!DOCTYPE html" substring in a crafted HTML document.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Canonical	Ubuntu Linux
Debian	Debian Linux
Xmlsoft	Libxml2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::esm:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::esm:::
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts:::

Configuration 3 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/5
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8806
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8806
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2016-04-13T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.040Z

Reserved: 2016-02-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8806

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2016-04-13T17:59:07.460

Modified: 2020-09-11T15:32:28.993

Link: CVE-2015-8806

Redhat

Severity :

Publid Date: 2016-01-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8806 - Bugzilla

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