CVE-2017-5130

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2018-02-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

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.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
Google Chrome: before 62.0.3202.62 — fixed in 62.0.3202.62
xmlsoft libxml2: before 2.9.5 — fixed in 2.9.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 62.0.3202.62; xmlsoft libxml2 2.9.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783026
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101482
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2997
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/722079
https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxml2/commit/?id=897dffbae322b46b83f99a607d527058a72c51ed
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00034.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/04/msg00004.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-24
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190719-0001/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783026

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