Buffer overflow in Apple Iphone_os
CVE-2015-7942
The xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c in libxml2 does not properly skip intermediary entities when it stops parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and…
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.047 (90.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Apple Iphone_os
- Apple Mac_os_x
- Apple Tvos
- Apple Watchos
- Hp Icewall_federation_agent — versions 3.0
- Hp Icewall_file_manager — versions 3.0
- Xmlsoft Libxml2 — versions 2.9.2
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)