CVE - CVE-2015-8806

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-8806	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
dict.c in libxml2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via an unexpected character immediately after the "<!DOCTYPE html" substring in a crafted HTML document.
References
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BID:82071 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071 CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html DEBIAN:DSA-3593 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593 GENTOO:GLSA-201701-37 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 MISC:https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115 MLIST:[oss-security] 20160203 Re: Out-of-bounds Read in the libxml2's htmlParseNameComplex() function URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/5 UBUNTU:USN-2994-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
Assigning CNA
Debian GNU/Linux
Date Record Created
20160203	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160203)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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