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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 18, 2015· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-7942

CVE-2015-7942

Description

The xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c in libxml2 does not properly skip intermediary entities when it stops parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7941.

Affected products

13
  • cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_federation_agent:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:hp:icewall_file_manager:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=9.2.1
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=10.11.3
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=9.1
  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=2.1
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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