CVE-2015-8241 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-8241?

CVE-2015-8241 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 15 Dec 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly check the state, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8241?

It affects 9 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Hp Icewall Federation Agent, Hp Icewall File Manager, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2015-8241?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2015-8241 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8241 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8241, ECHO-9d1e-50df-1391, GHSA-54c8-wpg2-cf22, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8241.