Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-5130

Title: Xmlsoft Libxml2 Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2017-5130.

CWE Category CWE-190
Published Date Feb 07, 2018
Modified Date Dec 03, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 8.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.71%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-5130: 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.

Impacted Vendors

G
google 1
X
xmlsoft 1
T
techland 1

Reference Links

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 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
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2017-5130 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.