CVE-2015-8242: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

December 15, 2015 (updated March 8, 2019)

The xmlSAX2TextNode function in SAX2.c in the push interface in the HTML parser in libxml2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8242

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