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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.94%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.94% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · debian/debian linux · google/chrome · xmlsoft/libxml2
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS moved from 4.2% on 21 September 2026 to 2.9% on 27 October 2026.
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040348
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3401
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0287
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783160
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/727039
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00014.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-03
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4086
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040348
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3401
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0287
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=783160
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/727039
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00014.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-03
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4086
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.