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CVE-2015-8806
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-04-13T17:59:07.460 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:35:17.367

Summary

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.

Affected products

xmlsoft — libxml2

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References

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