High severity · published Apr 24, 2017
CVE-2017-5029
The xsltAddTextString function in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.29, as used in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android,…
8.8
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The xsltAddTextString function in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.29, as used in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android, lacked a check for integer overflow during a size calculation, which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
through 57.0.2987.75; through 57.0.2987.100 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libxslt · Xmlsoft
1.1.29 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5029
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5029
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038157
chromereleases.googleblog.com
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com
https://crbug.com/676623
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