Description
The xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c in libxml2 does not properly skip intermediary entities when it stops parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7941.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 6.8/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177341.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177381.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/8
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79507
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1Third Party Advisory
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744980#c8Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756456Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- https://support.apple.com/HT206166Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT206168Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT206169Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177341.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177381.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/8
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79507
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1Third Party Advisory
- http://xmlsoft.org/news.html
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744980#c8Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756456Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- https://support.apple.com/HT206166Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT206167Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT206168Vendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT206169Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Nov 18, 2015
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified