CVE-2017-5130

high

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.

References

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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-24

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00034.html

https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=897dffbae322b46b83f99a607d527058a72c51ed

https://crbug.com/722079

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2997

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101482

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0001/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-14239

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783026

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2018-02-07

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.02713

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