CVE-2015-8806 Information

Description

dict.c in libxml2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via an unexpected character immediately after the !DOCTYPE html\ substring in a crafted HTML document.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/5 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5