CVE-2015-8806
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8806
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8806.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8806
- Aliases
- Downstream
DEBIAN (1)
MGASA (1)
UBUNTU (1)
- Related
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:15:18Z
- Published
- 2016-04-13T17:59:07Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-16T01:45:00Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/5
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
- https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593