Heap-based Buffer Over-read Vulnerability in libxml2

Heap-based Buffer Over-read Vulnerability in libxml2

CVE-2015-8806 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

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