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Vulnerability details: VCID-cgfv-pps6-6khd
Vulnerability ID VCID-cgfv-pps6-6khd
Aliases CVE-2015-8710
Summary Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.04711 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8710
epss 0.04711 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8710
epss 0.04711 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8710
epss 0.04711 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8710
epss 0.04711 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8710
epss 0.04711 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8710
epss 0.04711 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8710
epss 0.04711 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8710
epss 0.04711 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8710
epss 0.04711 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8710
cvssv2 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8710
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8710
Reference id Reference type URL
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-8710.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8710
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-1819
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5312
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7497
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7498
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7499
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7500
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7941
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-7942
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8035
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8241
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8317
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8710
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e724879d964d774df9b7969fc846605aa1bac54c
https://hackerone.com/reports/57125#activity-384861
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430
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.securityfocus.com/bid/79811
1213957 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213957
782985 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=782985
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2015-8710 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8710
RHSA-2015:2549 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2549
RHSA-2015:2550 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2550
RHSA-2016:1089 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1089
USN-2875-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2875-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8710
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8710
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.89329
EPSS Score 0.04711
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:47:02.025397+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/nuget/libxml2/CVE-2015-8710.yml 38.0.0