CVE-2017-15412

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.

Published: 2018-08-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-15412 is rated High Risk (65.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.96%). High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-15412

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.48% 2.96% +0.48%
2 2026-05-11 2.20% 2.48% +0.28%
3 2026-04-29 — 2.20% —

Full EPSS history (31 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-15412

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-15412

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2017-15412

GHSA-r58r-74gx-6wx3 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: rubygems — Nokogiri gem, via libxml, is affected by DoS vulnerabilities

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-15412

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2017-15412 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libxml2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-15412
gentoo normal CVE-2017-15412: 1 GLSA(s) (201801-03), 2 atom(s) (www-client/chromium, www-client/google-chrome); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2017-15412
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15412
suse medium CVE-2017-15412 severity moderate: SUSE including 290 source package names (0.9.1:libxml2-2-2.9.4-46.12.1, 1.0.0:libxml2-2-2.9.4-46.12.1, …), 387 product×package rows across 75 product lines (Container caasp/v4/default-http-backend, Container caasp/v4/dnsmasq-nanny, … (75 product lines)): Known Affected 231, Fixed 150, Known Not Affected 6. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15412/
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-15412 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (chromium-browser, libxml2, oxide-qt), 21 status rows across 7 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): released 14, DNE 3, ignored 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15412

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-15412

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google chrome < 63.0.3239.84 cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xmlsoft libxml2 < 2.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-15412

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