7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
libxml2.so is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks. A malicious user can pass a HTML file to the application with an unexpected character appended after the <!DOCTYPE html
substring, causing a heap-buffer overread that can crash the application.
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
libxml2.so | le | 2.9.3 | |
libxml2 | le | 2.7.8.7 |
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/5
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115
github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/a820dbeac29d330bae4be05d9ecd939ad6b4aa33
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P