CVE-2017-5130

8.8 HIGH
Published: February 07, 2018 Modified: December 03, 2025
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Description

An integer overflow in xmlmemory.c in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted XML file.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783026
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Issue Tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101482
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2997
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Third Party Advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/722079
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Third Party Advisory
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=897dffbae322b46b83f99a607d527058a72c51ed
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00034.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-24
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0001/
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783026
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101482
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2997
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://crbug.com/722079
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=897dffbae322b46b83f99a607d527058a72c51ed
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00034.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-24
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0001/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.8%
73th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787 CWE-190

Affected Vendors

debian xmlsoft google

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