Use After Free Affecting libxml2 package, versions *
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed6 Dec 2017
Introduced: 6 Dec 2017
CVE-2017-15412 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Centos:6 libxml2.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Centos.
See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15412
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4086
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-03
- 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3401
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0287
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1190
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040348