CVE-2017-5029

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Publication date:

24/04/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

6.80

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::		57.0.2987.75 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::		57.0.2987.100 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.29:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::		57.0.2987.75 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::		57.0.2987.100 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxslt:1.1.29:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::*

CVE-2017-5029

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools