CVE-2015-8710
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 4.9%
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.
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 4.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 92nd percentile
- Published
- 2016-04-11
- Updated
- 2024-08-06
Proof-of-concept exploits (1)
- Karm/CVE-2015-87101★ · 2018-05-11
Security advisories
- 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
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048