CVE-2015-7941

Description

libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly stop parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and libxml2 crash) via crafted XML data to the (1) xmlParseEntityDecl or (2) xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c, as demonstrated by non-terminated entities.

How to fix CVE-2015-7941

To remediate CVE-2015-7941, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/libxml2—upgrade to 2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1 or later

Is CVE-2015-7941 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 2.9.2+really2.9.1+dfsg1-0.1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7941