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CVE-2017-5130 json

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 re…

published 2018-02-07 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14239

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.7%
EPSS 2.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • google chrome 62.0.3202.62
  • xmlsoft libxml2 2.9.5
  • libxml2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.9.4+dfsg1-5.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5130

  • libxml2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.14.04.1204
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.16.04.1308
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.17.10.1380

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5130

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 62.0.3202.62-2.el6_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:2997

  • libxml2 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +6 more 2.9.4-46.12.1
  • python-libxml2 SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 +4 more 2.9.4-46.12.1
  • libxml2 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 2.7.6-0.77.10.1
  • libxml2-python SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 2.7.6-0.77.10.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0401-1SUSE-SU-2018:0395-1

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromium Package Hub 12 SP2 63.0.3239.84-40.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2017:3245-1

  • chromium Arch Linux 62.0.3202.62-1

arch linux advisories AVG-456

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-5130 updated cvss 8.8

chromium-browser: heap overflow in libxml2

  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 mingw-virt-viewer, mingw32-virt-viewer, mingw64-virt-viewer Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3 libxml2
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 62.0.3202.62-2.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 62.0.3202.62-2.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 62.0.3202.62-2.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2997
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 libxml2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libxml2, libxml2-python Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libxml2, libxml2-python
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
11 mo ago

Exploit prediction

2.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.