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GHSA-Q5X2-3H44-RH43

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 00:28 – Updated: 2022-05-17 00:28

Details

The xsl_ext_function_php function in ext/xsl/xsltprocessor.c in PHP before 5.4.45, 5.5.x before 5.5.29, and 5.6.x before 5.6.13, when libxml2 before 2.9.2 is used, does not consider the possibility of a NULL valuePop return value before proceeding with a free operation after the principal argument loop, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted XML document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-6837.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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CVE-2015-6838 (GCVE-0-2015-6838)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-05-16 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:36

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

microfocus

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033548	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=69782	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76733	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3358	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-10	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Date Public

2015-09-04 00:00

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