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CVE-2015-7942

Published: Nov 18, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
NVD MITRE
6.8CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
4.7%
Top 9.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

The xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c in libxml2 does not properly skip intermediary entities when it stops parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7941.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected Products

icewall federation agenthp
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
icewall file managerhp
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
iphone osapple
EmbeddedOS
Operating Systems / mobile-os
mac os xapple
On-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
hpcommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka hewlett packard, hpe
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
applecommercialUSMobile Appsaka apple inc., apple computer
and 12 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

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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and 30 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Nov 18, 2015
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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