6.8
CVSSv2

CVE-2015-1283

Published: 23/07/2015 Updated: 07/11/2023
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 605
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Multiple integer overflows in the XML_GetBuffer function in Expat up to and including 2.1.0, as used in Google Chrome prior to 44.0.2403.89 and other products, allow remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted XML data, a related issue to CVE-2015-2716.

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canonical ubuntu linux 12.04

suse linux enterprise server 11

suse linux enterprise software development kit 12

suse studio onsite 1.3

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suse linux enterprise software development kit 11

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suse linux enterprise desktop 12

opensuse leap 42.1

opensuse opensuse 13.1

opensuse opensuse 13.2

oracle solaris 11.3

oracle solaris 10

Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #793484 expat: CVE-2015-1283: Multiple integer overflows in the XML_GetBuffer function Package: expat; Maintainer for expat is Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <gcs@debianorg>; Source for expat is src:expat (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debianorg> Date: Fri, 24 Jul 201 ...
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