medium
6.4
CWE
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Advisory Published
CVE Published
Updated

CVE-2015-8241: Buffer Overflow

First published: Fri Nov 13 2015(Updated: )

A buffer overread in xmlNextChar was found, causing segmentation fault when compiled with ASAN. Upstream bug (contains reproducer): <a href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756263">https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756263</a> Upstream patch: <a href="https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=ab2b9a93ff19cedde7befbf2fcc48c6e352b6cbe">https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=ab2b9a93ff19cedde7befbf2fcc48c6e352b6cbe</a>

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Debian=7.0
Debian=8.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop=6.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node=6.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server=6.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation=6.0
HP IceWall Federation Agent=3.0
HP Icewall File Manager=3.0
Ubuntu=12.04
Ubuntu=14.04
Ubuntu=15.04
Ubuntu=15.10
libxml2-devel<=2.9.2

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2015-8241?

    CVE-2015-8241 is classified as a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause a segmentation fault.

  • What systems are affected by CVE-2015-8241?

    CVE-2015-8241 affects various versions of Debian Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Ubuntu Linux that utilize vulnerable versions of libxml2.

  • How do I fix CVE-2015-8241?

    To fix CVE-2015-8241, update the libxml2 library to a version newer than 2.9.2 which has the vulnerability patched.

  • What kind of vulnerability is CVE-2015-8241?

    CVE-2015-8241 is a buffer overread vulnerability found in the xmlNextChar function.

  • Is CVE-2015-8241 a remotely exploitable vulnerability?

    CVE-2015-8241 may be exploited remotely depending on the application using the affected libxml2 library.

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