CVE-2015-7498

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseXmlDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors related to extracting errors after an encoding conversion failure.

How to fix CVE-2015-7498

To remediate CVE-2015-7498, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/libxml2—upgrade to 2.9.3+dfsg1-1 or later

Is CVE-2015-7498 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7498