Out-of-Bounds Heap Read Vulnerability in libxml2's xmlParseXMLDecl Function

Out-of-Bounds Heap Read Vulnerability in libxml2's xmlParseXMLDecl Function

CVE-2015-8317 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

The xmlParseXMLDecl function in parser.c in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via an (1) unterminated encoding value or (2) incomplete XML declaration in XML data, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap read.

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