{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8710","details":"The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access and application crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unclosed HTML comment.","modified":"2026-04-22T10:39:31.743824Z","published":"2015-12-23T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2875-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-8710"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8710"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=746048"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2875-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8710"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libxml2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7"}]}],"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","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5","2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libxml2","binary_version":"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7"},{"binary_name":"libxml2-utils","binary_version":"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7"},{"binary_name":"python-libxml2","binary_version":"2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8710.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}