CVE-2015-7497
Libxml2 Heap-Based Buffer Overflow
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlDictComputeFastQKey function in dict.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 15, 2015, 9:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 2:36 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2015-7497 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Affected Products
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2015-7497 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2015-7497 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2 Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79508 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2834-1 Added Reference http://xmlsoft.org/news.html Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281862 Added Reference https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=6360a31a84efe69d155ed96306b9a931a40beab9 Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 12, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description A denial of service flaw was found in libxml2. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML or HTML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would cause that application to crash. Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlDictComputeFastQKey function in dict.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors. Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Access Complexity Insufficient Information Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2549 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2550 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1089 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7497 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlDictComputeFastQKey function in dict.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors. A denial of service flaw was found in libxml2. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML or HTML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would cause that application to crash. Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1089 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7497 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2549 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2550 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Sep. 14, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 01, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 07, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 30, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79508 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 15, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 25, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 5 OR *cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_file_manager:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_federation_agent:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281862 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1281862 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2 No Types Assigned http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2834-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2834-1 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172 No Types Assigned https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172 Third Party Advisory -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 20, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jun. 09, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 07, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 20, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Apr. 13, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 16, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Changed Reference Type http://xmlsoft.org/news.html No Types Assigned http://xmlsoft.org/news.html Advisory Added CWE CWE-119 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 16, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-7497 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-7497
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.62 }} -0.17%
score
0.87127
percentile