CVE-2015-8035: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

November 18, 2015 (updated March 8, 2019)

The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in libxml2 does not properly detect compression errors, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang) via crafted XML data.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8035

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