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CVE-2015-7499

Published: Dec 15, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-119
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
6.3%
Top 7.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xmlGROW function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive process memory information via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

iphone osapple
EmbeddedOS
Operating Systems / mobile-os
mac os xapple
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
tvosapple
EmbeddedOS
Operating Systems / mobile-os
watchosapple
EmbeddedOS
Operating Systems / mobile-os
ubuntu linuxcanonical
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
applecommercialUSMobile Appsaka apple inc., apple computer
canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.
and 21 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html
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http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html
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Timeline

Published
Dec 15, 2015
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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