CVE-2015-7499

medium
Published 2016-01-19 · Modified 2024-12-08
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
5.0
VIR risk
5.0

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in nokogiri

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7499

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://support.apple.com/HT206169

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://support.apple.com/HT206168

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://support.apple.com/HT206167

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://support.apple.com/HT206166

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=35bcb1d758ed70aa7b257c9c3b3ff55e54e3d0da

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=28cd9cb747a94483f4aea7f0968d202c20bb4cfc

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://xmlsoft.org/news.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.9.3+dfsg1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.9.3+dfsg1-1
debian debianforkyfixed2.9.3+dfsg1-1
debian debiansidfixed2.9.3+dfsg1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.9.3+dfsg1-1
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.10affected
redhat rhel6.0affected
macos macosaffected
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
suse suse42.1affected
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemsnokogiri!< 1.6.0||<>= 1.6.7.2>= 1.6.7.2
ruby RubyGemsnokogiri>=1.6.0,<1.6.7.21.6.7.2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
hp hpicewall_federation_agent3.0
hp hpicewall_file_manager3.0
xmlsoftlibxml2{"endIncluding":"2.9.2"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.