{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7941","details":"libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly stop parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and libxml2 crash) via crafted XML data to the (1) xmlParseEntityDecl or (2) xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c, as demonstrated by non-terminated entities.","modified":"2026-04-22T10:19:59.580307Z","published":"2015-10-23T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2812-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-7941"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-7941"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/19/5"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2812-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7941"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libxml2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5"}]}],"versions":["2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu3","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.2","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.3","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libxml2","binary_version":"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5"},{"binary_name":"libxml2-utils","binary_version":"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5"},{"binary_name":"python-libxml2","binary_version":"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7941.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}