8.8high
CVE-2017-15412
Nokogiri gem, via libxml, is affected by DoS vulnerabilities
Also known as GHSA-r58r-74gx-6wx3
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.9%
percentile 87%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
2.94% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rubygems | nokogiri | <1.8.2 | 1.8.2 |
Affected products
- n/a Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 unknown
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-416 Use After Free
- Technology feeds
- Google Chrome (RSS, critical only)
References
- securitytracker.com /id/1040348 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
- crbug.com /727039 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- bugzilla.gnome.org /show_bug.cgi?id=783160 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4086 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
- access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:0287 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00014.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
- access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:3401 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
- security.gentoo.org /glsa/201801-03 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
- chromereleases.googleblog.com /2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15412 · advisory
- github.com /sparklemotion/nokogiri/issues/1714 · web
- github.com /rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/nokogiri/CVE-2017-15412.yml · web
- web.archive.org /web/20201208155618/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040348 · web
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-15412
- GitHub Advisory: GHSA-r58r-74gx-6wx3
- NVD: CVE-2017-15412
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