CVE-2015-8710: Debian Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 4.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The htmlParseComment function in HTMLparser.c in libxml2 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information, cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap memory access and application crash), or possibly have unspecified other impact via an unclosed HTML comment.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Xmlsoft LIBXML2: before 2.9.3 (fixed in 2.9.3)

Published 2016-04-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.