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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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3430-1 libxml2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-7838 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2812-1 libxml2 vulnerabilities
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Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

Reserved: 2015-10-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-7941

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-7941

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

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

Links: CVE-2015-7941 - Bugzilla

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