CVE-2017-15412

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-08-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Use after free in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
Google Chrome: before 63.0.3239.84 — fixed in 63.0.3239.84
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0
xmlsoft libxml2: before 2.9.5 — fixed in 2.9.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 63.0.3239.84; xmlsoft libxml2 2.9.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040348
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3401
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0287
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783160
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/727039
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00014.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-03
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4086
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040348
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3401
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0287

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