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