CVE-2015-8710 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/4 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/13/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/31/7 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79811 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048 https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=e724879d964d774df9b7969fc846605aa1bac54c https://hackerone.com/reports/57125activity-384861

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8