8.8

CVE-2017-15412: debian debian_linux Use After Free

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-15412USN-3513-1DEBIAN-CVE-2017-15412
Published 28-08-2018Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-15412 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 2.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.94%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 14 · Related 10
MGASA-2018-0048MGASA-2018-0050OPENSUSE-SU-2017:3245-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11912-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

Timeline

  1. 28-08-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Use after free in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.94%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.94% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat3 products
Ubuntu3 products
  • chromium-browser< 63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1
  • libxml2< 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1 | < 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12 | < 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5
  • oxide-qtAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
  • libxml2< 2.9.4+dfsg1-5.2 | < 2.9.1+dfsg1-5+deb8u6 | < 2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2+deb9u2 | < 2.8.0+dfsg1-7+wheezy12
  • debian_linuxEOL7.0 | 8.0 | 9.0
Google1 product
RubyGems1 product
  • nokogiri< 1.8.2
Xmlsoft1 product

6 vendors · 11 products

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