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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libxml2 package, versions <2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.7% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBXML2-429347
  • published 7 Feb 2018
  • disclosed 7 Feb 2018
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Introduced: 7 Feb 2018

CVE-2017-5130 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 libxml2 to version 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxml2 package and not the libxml2 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 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.