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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,…
High8.8EPSS 2.5%
- Published
- Updated
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- Chrome
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- integer overflow
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-787
Affected products
Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 57.0.2987.108 for Android
- affected Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 57.0.2987.108 for Android
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsnokogiriGHSA-pf6m-fxpq-fg8v (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=08ab2774b870de1c7b5a48693df75e8154addae5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1038157 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/676623 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3810 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 96767 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0499 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-pf6m-fxpq-fg8v (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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