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CVE-2015-8035

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
Publication date:
18/11/2015
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in libxml2 2.9.1 does not properly detect compression errors, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang) via crafted XML data.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.60 LOW
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
2.60
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 9.2.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.11.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 9.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.1 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

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