CVE-2015-8806
HIGH7.5EPSS 8.6%libxml2 - security update
Published: 9/17/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (4)
- Debian/libxml2from 0, < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1.1
- Debian/libxml2from 0, < 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy6
- Debian/libxml2from 0, < 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u2
- RubyGems/nokogiri>= 1.6.0, < 1.6.8
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (12)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8806
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8806
- PATCHhttps://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri
- WEBhttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115
- WEBhttps://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2015-8806.yml
- WEBhttps://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1473
- WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20160928171015/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071
- WEBhttps://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/5
- WEBhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- WEBhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1