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 (11)
Core 11
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101482
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00034.html
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783026
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=897dffbae322b46b83f99a607d527058a72c51ed
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2997
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://crbug.com/722079
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-24
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0001/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0298
EPSS Percentile
85.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-190
CWE-787
Status
published
Products (4)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
google/chrome
< 62.0.3202.62
xmlsoft/libxml2
< 2.9.5
Published
Feb 07, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026