The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access and application crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unclosed HTML comment.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-8587 The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access and application crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unclosed HTML comment.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2875-1 libxml2 vulnerabilities
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Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:20.694Z

Reserved: 2015-12-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-8710

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-04-11T21:59:15.667

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

Link: CVE-2015-8710

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-04-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-8710 - Bugzilla

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