CVE-2015-8242
Public on 2015-12-14
Modified on 2019-05-30
Description
A denial of service flaw was found in libxml2. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XML or HTML file that, when processed by an application using libxml2, would cause that application to leak potentially sensitive information.
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | libxml2 | 2015-12-14 | ALAS-2015-628 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | libxml2 | 2019-05-29 | ALAS2-2019-1220 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |