cve/2015/CVE-2015-8242.md

CVE-2015-8242

Description

The xmlSAX2TextNode function in SAX2.c in the push interface in the HTML parser in libxml2 before 2.9.3 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data.

POC

Reference

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

Github

• https://github.com/mrash/afl-cve