CVE-2017-5029

Publication date 10 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 17.04 zesty
Fixed 57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu1.1348
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu0.16.10.1344
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1276
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
libxslt 17.04 zesty
Fixed 1.1.29-2ubuntu0.1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.1.29-1ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.1.28-2ubuntu0.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.1.26-8ubuntu1.4
oxide-qt 17.04 zesty
Fixed 1.21.5-0ubuntu1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.21.5-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.21.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.21.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libxslt

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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