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The xmlParseMisc function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 10, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The xmlParseMisc function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via unspecified vectors related to incorrect entities boundaries and start tags.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 15, 2015
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Last updated Feb 10, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

1.218%
(85th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2015-7500

GHSA ID

GHSA-vqj7-f9h9-2m3r

Source code

No known source code

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