CVE-2017-5029

chromium-browser: integer overflow in libxslt

Published Apr 24, 2017 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 2.5% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-866-1 libxslt security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3810-1 chromium-browser security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0301 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pf6m-fxpq-fg8v Nokogiri implementation of libxslt lacks integer overflow checks
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3236-1 Oxide vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3271-1 Libxslt vulnerabilities
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