cve-2015-8806
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-04-13 17:00
Modified
2024-08-06 08:29
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
security@debian.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@debian.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37Third Party Advisory
security@debian.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593Third Party Advisory
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