Out-of-bounds Write Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <62.0.3202.75-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.29% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-CHROMIUMBROWSER-408503
  • published7 Feb 2018
  • disclosed7 Feb 2018

Introduced: 7 Feb 2018

CVE-2017-5130  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 chromium-browser to version 62.0.3202.75-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream chromium-browser package and not the chromium-browser package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.