Heap-based Buffer Overflow in libxml2 Affects Various Distributions
CVE-2015-7498
Currently unrated
Key Information:
- Vendor
HP
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 15 December 2015
What is CVE-2015-7498?
The vulnerability in libxml2 prior to version 2.9.3 allows attackers to exploit a heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlParseXmlDecl function. This can lead to denial of service conditions due to unspecified vectors associated with extracting errors after encoding conversion failures, potentially impacting systems that depend on XML parsing functionality.