libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly stop parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and libxml2 crash) via crafted XML data to the (1) xmlParseEntityDecl or (2) xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c, as demonstrated by non-terminated entities.
References
Information
Published : 2015-11-18 08:59
Updated : 2017-09-13 18:29
NVD link : CVE-2015-7941
Mitre link : CVE-2015-7941
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CWE
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Products Affected
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
xmlsoft
- libxml2