libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly stop parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and libxml2 crash) via crafted XML data to the (1) xmlParseEntityDecl or (2) xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c, as demonstrated by non-terminated entities.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-11-18T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:06:31.043Z

Reserved: 2015-10-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-7941

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-11-18T16:59:04.333

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:37:42.380

Link: CVE-2015-7941

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-02-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-7941 - Bugzilla