CVE-2015-8242

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8 EPSS 4.27%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2015-12-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-2015-8242

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS

5.8

EPSS

4.27%

Original NVD 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.