chromium-browser: integer overflow in libxslt
Published Apr 24, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.18%
Description
The xsltAddTextString function in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.29, as used in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android, lacked a check for integer overflow during a size calculation, which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page.
Affected products
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Configuration 1
Configuration 2
Configuration 4
- 8.0
- 9.0
Configuration 5
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:57.0.2987.98-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0499
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:57.0.2987.98-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0499 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
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Percentile over time
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- EPSS v5
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Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.18% (0.02177) | 81.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.13% (0.02131) | 79.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.78% (0.01784) | 81.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.17% (0.04171) | 80.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 2.04% (0.02041) | 89.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 2.04% (0.02041) | 87.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.09% (0.01087) | 82.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.44% (0.01438) | 32.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.44% (0.01438) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (16)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038157 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5029 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1431033 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/676623 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=08ab2774b870de1c7b5a48693df75e8154addae5 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pf6m-fxpq-fg8v Advisory
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2017-5029.yml
- https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1634
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5029
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5029
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3271-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5029
Change history (0)
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