CVE-2015-8806

Publication date 13 April 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

dict.c in libxml2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via an unexpected character immediately after the "<!DOCTYPE html" substring in a crafted HTML document.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxml2 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1
15.10 wily
Fixed 2.9.2+zdfsg1-4ubuntu0.4
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.8
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.15

Notes

mdeslaur

This is a dupe of CVE-2016-1839

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

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