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Advisory details: gitlab / nuget/libxml2/CVE-2015-7941
Advisory ID gitlab/nuget/libxml2/CVE-2015-7941
Aliases CVE-2015-7941
Summary Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer libxml2 does not properly stop parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and libxml2 crash) via crafted XML data to the (1) xmlParseEntityDecl or (2) xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c, as demonstrated by non-terminated entities.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
System Score Found at
cvssv2 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/nuget/libxml2/CVE-2015-7941.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
CVE-2015-7941 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7941
No exploits are available.

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Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/nuget/libxml2/CVE-2015-7941.yml
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