DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8317

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8317
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8317.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8317
Upstream
Published
2015-12-15T21:59:09Z
Modified
2025-09-25T00:54:26.066954Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The xmlParseXMLDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via an (1) unterminated encoding value or (2) incomplete XML declaration in XML data, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap read.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxml2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.2+zdfsg1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxml2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.2+zdfsg1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxml2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.2+zdfsg1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxml2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.2+zdfsg1-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}