Security Advisory
CVE-2015-8242
5.8
Vulnerability Description
The xmlSAX2TextNode function in SAX2.c in the push interface in the HTML parser in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data.
Published Date
December 15, 2015
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory