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Vulnerability details: VCID-jtq1-n4bm-aaan
Vulnerability ID VCID-jtq1-n4bm-aaan
Aliases CVE-2015-8806
GHSA-7hp2-xwpj-95jq
Summary Nokogiri, dict.c in libxml2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash)
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
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-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8806.html
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cvssv3.1 7.5 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115
generic_textual HIGH https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115
rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1304636
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8806
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1762
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1833
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1834
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1835
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1836
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1837
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1838
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1839
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1840
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2073
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3627
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3705
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4447
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4449
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4483
cvssv2 4.3 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7hp2-xwpj-95jq
cvssv3.1 8.2 https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri
cvssv3 7.5 https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1473
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1473
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1473
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8806
cvssv3 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8806
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8806
cvssv3.1 9.8 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
generic_textual CRITICAL https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
generic_textual Low https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2994-1
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20160928171015/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071
generic_textual HIGH https://web.archive.org/web/20160928171015/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
generic_textual HIGH https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/5
generic_textual HIGH http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/5
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
generic_textual HIGH http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
generic_textual HIGH http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-8806.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-8806.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-8806
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-8806
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1762
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1833
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1834
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1835
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1836
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1837
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1838
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1839
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1840
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2073
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3627
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3705
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4447
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4449
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4483
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/commit/03d402212707bd5dfa0a21b7de5e91a7f9d90028
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1473
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2016-May/msg00023.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2994-1
https://web.archive.org/web/20160928171015/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/5
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2994-1/
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
1304636 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1304636
813613 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=813613
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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2015-8806 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8806
CVE-2015-8806.YML https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2015-8806.yml
GHSA-7hp2-xwpj-95jq https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7hp2-xwpj-95jq
USN-2994-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/2994-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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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)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1473
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8806
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

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proof_of_concept

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adjacent_network

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8806
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

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8806
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

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://web.archive.org/web/20160928171015/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071
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

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
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

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/5
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

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none

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
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

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
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 0.7054
EPSS Score 0.01653
Published At March 29, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
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