| Name | CVE-2015-8710 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-266-1, DSA-3430-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 782985 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libxml2 (PTS) | bullseye | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u4 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
Added workaround item to reflect entry fixed status, remove once CVE assigned
CVE Request: https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/4
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/e724879d964d774df9b7969fc846605aa1bac54c