Bug 1304636 – CVE-2015-8806 libxml2: heap-buffer overread in dict.c

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Bug 1304636 - (CVE-2015-8806) CVE-2015-8806 libxml2: heap-buffer overread in dict.c

Summary:	CVE-2015-8806 libxml2: heap-buffer overread in dict.c

Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 1338703

Aliases:	CVE-2015-8806

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1304640 1304638 1304639
Blocks:	1304644
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Reported:	2016-02-04 04:09 EST by Andrej Nemec
Modified:	2018-03-16 06:14 EDT (History)
CC List:	14 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2016-05-25 06:18:50 EDT
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-02-04 04:09:33 EST

A heap-buffer overread vulnerability was found in libxml2. A specially crafted file can cause the application to crash.

External bugzilla report with reproducer:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q1/277

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-02-04 04:16:27 EST

Created libxml2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1304638]

Comment 2 Andrej Nemec 2016-02-04 04:16:35 EST

Created mingw-libxml2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1304639]
Affects: epel-7 [bug 1304640]

Comment 4 Cedric Buissart 2016-04-25 10:11:47 EDT

I believe that this is actually a duplicate of CVE-2016-2073

Comment 5 Cedric Buissart 2016-05-25 06:18:50 EDT

Actually marking this duplicate of CVE-2016-1839, to follow upstream.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1338703 ***

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