Out-of-bounds Write Affecting chromium-browser package, versions <0:62.0.3202.62-2.el6_9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.29% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-CHROMIUMBROWSER-1514731
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed17 Oct 2017

Introduced: 17 Oct 2017

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

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 chromium-browser to version 0:62.0.3202.62-2.el6_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2997.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 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.