{"cve":"CVE-2015-8806","nvd":{"published":"2016-04-13T17:59:07.460","modified":"2026-06-17T00:35:17.367","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":[],"references":["http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/03/5","http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82071","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2994-1","https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=749115"],"products":["canonical:ubuntu_linux","debian:debian_linux","xmlsoft:libxml2"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:38:51.654415212+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-8806","score":0.04964,"percentile":0.92191,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-7hp2-xwpj-95jq","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7hp2-xwpj-95jq","summary":"Denial of service or RCE from libxml2 and libxslt","modified":"2024-02-16T08:13:35.049095Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"nokogiri","purl":"pkg:gem/nokogiri","ranges":[">=1.6.0 <1.6.8"],"fixed":["1.6.8"]}]}],"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."]}