CVE-2015-7942

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

4.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 91.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

The NVD has published no score for this record

NVD CVSS vector

No NVD score to derive

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2015-11-18 16:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 08:06Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-10-22

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-122Heap-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f18e59c9a1ae00771f1e0506dd64b178958fa4c53d659b9e0df14108e5eb6635

• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:2550http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2550.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-5http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:0106http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00031.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206167x_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206168x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.gnome.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744980#c8x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151022 Crafted xml causes out of bound memory access - Libxml2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-3430http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3430vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securityfocus.com79507http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79507vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
• xmlsoft.orghttp://xmlsoft.org/news.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-a9ee80b01dhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177381.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:1089http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1089.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-2http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
• www.securitytracker.com1034243http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034243vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:2549http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2549.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-2812-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2812-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• marc.infoHPSBGN03537http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145382616617563&w=2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-189a7bf68chttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177341.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• h20566.www2.hpe.comhttps://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04944172x_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-37https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-37vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:2372http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00120.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• bugzilla.gnome.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=756456x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20151022 Re: Crafted xml causes out of bound memory access - Libxml2http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/8mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2016-03-21-3http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206169x_refsource_CONFIRM
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/HT206166x_refsource_CONFIRM