UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5029

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5029

    Published: 10 Mar 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-5029

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5029, https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3236-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3271-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5029

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chromium-browser

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172

    Affected versions

    29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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