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CVE-2017-5029

HIGH

8.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published4/24/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

apple:macosdebian:debian_linuxgoogle:androidgoogle:chromelinux:linux_kernelmicrosoft:windowsredhat:enterprise_linux_desktopredhat:enterprise_linux_serverredhat:enterprise_linux_workstationxmlsoft:libxslt

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html(chrome-cve-admin@google.com)

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810(chrome-cve-admin@google.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767(chrome-cve-admin@google.com)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038157(chrome-cve-admin@google.com)

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html(chrome-cve-admin@google.com)

https://crbug.com/676623(chrome-cve-admin@google.com)

https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=08ab2774b870de1c7b5a48693df75e8154addae5(chrome-cve-admin@google.com)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038157(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://crbug.com/676623(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=08ab2774b870de1c7b5a48693df75e8154addae5(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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