CVE-2015-8710

high-risk

Published 2016-04-11

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.

Do I need to act?

4.7% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (4)

Libxml2

Debian Linux

Affected Vendors

Debian Xmlsoft

References (18)

Third Party Advisory http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html

Third Party Advisory http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/4

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/13/1

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/7

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79811

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048

Third Party Advisory https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e724879d964d774df9b7969fc846605a...

Third Party Advisory https://hackerone.com/reports/57125#activity-384861