The xmlParseConditionalSections function in parser.c in libxml2 does not properly skip intermediary entities when it stops parsing invalid input, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and crash) via crafted XML data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-7941.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2015-11-18T16:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T08:06:30.993Z
Reserved: 2015-10-22T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-7942
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                        Vulnrichment
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 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Deferred
Published: 2015-11-18T16:59:06.540
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2015-7942
 Redhat
                        Redhat