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CVE-2015-8806

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Date: April 13, 2016

dict.c in libxml2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via an unexpected character immediately after the "<!DOCTYPE html" substring in a crafted HTML document.

Language: Ruby

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Related Resources (13)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1473
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2015-8806.yml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/5
https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3593
https://web.archive.org/web/20160928171015/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8806
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-8806

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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