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CVE-2017-15412
Published:August 28, 2018
Updated:August 30, 2026
Use after free in libxml2 before 2.9.5, as used in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Affected Packages
nokogiri (RUBY):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0 <1.8.2
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.8.2
Related Resources (14)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15412
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783160
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040348
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-03
https://web.archive.org/web/20201208155618/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040348
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4086
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3401
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0287
https://github.com/sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1714
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15412
https://crbug.com/727039
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2017-15412.yml
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00014.html
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Use After Free
CWE-416
EPSS
Base Score:
2.94