{"cve":"CVE-2015-7941","nvd":{"published":"2015-11-18T16:59:04.333","modified":"2026-06-17T00:33:25.530","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-119"],"references":["http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177341.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177381.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.html","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","xmlsoft:libxml2"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:37:45.466985407+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-7941","score":0.03058,"percentile":0.87598,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}