CVE-2015-8035

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 14
Modified
Published: 18 Nov 2015, 16:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 08:06

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
21/100
CVSS Score
2.6 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.01% LOW
1% probability -0.05%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Nov 2015, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 08:06
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in libxml2 2.9.1 does not properly detect compression errors, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang) via crafted XML data.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.01%• Percentile: 77%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-399•Resource Management Errors

    Weaknesses in this category are related to improper management of system resources.

Affected Systems

  • apple•iphone_os

    ≤ 9.2.1

  • apple•mac_os_x

    ≤ 10.11.3

  • apple•tvos

    ≤ 9.1

  • apple•watchos

    ≤ 2.1

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    14.04

  • debian•debian_linux

    7.0 | 8.0

  • xmlsoft•libxml2

    2.9.1

References (25)