CVE-2015-8241: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.4. EPSS: 5.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The xmlNextChar function in libxml2 2.9.2 does not properly check the state, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or obtain sensitive information via crafted XML data.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 15.04 only; version 15.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• HP Icewall Federation Agent: version 3.0 only
• HP Icewall File Manager: version 3.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only
• Xmlsoft LIBXML2: up to and including 2.9.2

Published 2015-12-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.