CVE-2017-5029

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 20
Modified
Published: 24 Apr 2017, 23:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 14:47

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.23% LOW
1% probability -1.14%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 Apr 2017, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 14:47
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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 Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.23%• Percentile: 80%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write

    The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    8.0 | 9.0

  • google•chrome

    ≤ 57.0.2987.75 | ≤ 57.0.2987.100

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_desktop

    6.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server

    6.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_workstation

    6.0

  • xmlsoft•libxslt

    1.1.29

References (7)