Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libxml2 package, versions *
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- published28 Apr 2025
- disclosed17 Oct 2017
Introduced: 17 Oct 2017
CVE-2017-5130 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 libxml2.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:10 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.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1503537
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5130
- 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