CVE-2015-8710
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8710
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8710.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8710
- Downstream
DEBIAN (1)
ECHO (1)
MGASA (1)
RHSA (2)
UBUNTU (1)
- Related
- Published
- 2016-04-11T21:59:15Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-16T06:19:02Z
- Severity
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- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access and application crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unclosed HTML comment.
- References
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- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79811
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e724879d964d774df9b7969fc846605aa1bac54c
- https://hackerone.com/reports/57125#activity-384861
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/13/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/4
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048