CVE-2017-5029

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 24, 2017 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:19 AM UTC
7 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxChromeEnterprise Linux Desktop· also runs on 3 platforms

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 57.0.2987.100v ≤ 57.0.2987.75
apple-macos (environment) · google-android (environment) · linux-linux-kernel (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)
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Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

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CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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