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CVE-2017-5130

Published: 7 February 2018

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.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
issue is in debug code only
we will not be fixing this issue in libxml2 in stable releases

Priority

Negligible

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
libxml2
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (2.9.4+dfsg1-5.1, 2.9.5)
artful Ignored

bionic
Released (2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1)
cosmic
Released (2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1)
trusty Ignored

xenial Ignored

zesty Ignored
(end of life)
Patches:
upstream: https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=897dffbae322b46b83f99a607d527058a72c51ed
upstream: https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=ed48d65b4d6c5cec7be035ad5eebeba873b4b955
chromium-browser
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.17.10.1380)
bionic
Released (62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.17.10.1380)
cosmic
Released (62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.17.10.1380)
trusty
Released (62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.14.04.1204)
upstream
Released (62.0.3202.62)
xenial
Released (62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.16.04.1308)
zesty
Released (62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.17.04.1379)
oxide-qt
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [Ubuntu touch end-of-life])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored
(Ubuntu touch end-of-life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H