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, 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.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 8.8 High
- Status
- Modified - chrome-cve-admin@google.com
- Published
- 2017-04-24
- Last modified
- 2024-08-05
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Affected products
- Debian Linux (Debian)
- Chrome (Google)
- Enterprise Linux Desktop (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Server (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux Workstation (Redhat)
- Libxslt (Xmlsoft)
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038157
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/676623
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=08ab2774b870de1c7b5a48693df75e8154addae5