CVE-2015-8035
Libxml2 xz Decompression Error DoS Vulnerability
Description
The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in libxml2 2.9.1 does not properly detect compression errors, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang) via crafted XML data.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 18, 2015, 4:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2015-8035
vulnerability.
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | LOW | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update the libxml2 packages.
- Apply vendor-specific patches or upgrades for affected operating systems and applications.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2015-8035 has a 3 public
PoC/Exploit available at Github.
Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2015-8035.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2015-8035 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-2015-8035
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
Map Vulnerabilities into Different Layers of the Container Image
Python
None
Shell
A collection of vulnerabilities discovered by the AFL fuzzer (afl-fuzz)
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2015-8035 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2015-8035 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.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177341.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177381.html 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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.html Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/02/2 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/02/4 Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/11/03/1 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77390 Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243 Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1 Added Reference http://xmlsoft.org/news.html Added Reference https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757466 Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05111017 Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37 Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT206166 Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT206167 Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT206168 Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT206169 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Mar. 08, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:apple_tv:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 9.1 -
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]
Dec. 06, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177381.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177341.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/77390 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 23, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference https://h20565.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05111017 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 20, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://h20565.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05111017 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Aug. 17, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05158380 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jun. 15, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05111017 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
May. 20, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:apple:apple_tv:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:apple:apple_tv:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* -
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]
Mar. 29, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:9.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:apple:apple_tv:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 25, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT206166 Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT206169 Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT206168 Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html Added Reference https://support.apple.com/HT206167 Added Reference http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 18, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Changed Reference Type http://xmlsoft.org/news.html No Types Assigned http://xmlsoft.org/news.html Advisory -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 17, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://xmlsoft.org/news.html -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 19, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757466 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=757466 Exploit Added CWE CWE-399 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 19, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Nov. 19, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 2.6
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.05 }} -0.26%
score
0.76618
percentile