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CVE-2015-8710

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Date: April 11, 2016

The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access and application crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unclosed HTML comment.

Language: C

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Related Resources (14)

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/13/1
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8710
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8710
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79811
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-8710
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/4
https://hackerone.com/reports/57125#activity-384861
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/7
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8710
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e724879d964d774df9b7969fc846605aa1bac54c
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8710

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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