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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 rem

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.

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 0.02535
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules2 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-416Use After Free
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Affected Products & Versions

6
redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
redhat enterprise linux workstationall versions
debian linuxall versions
google chrome< 63.0.3239.84
xmlsoft libxml2< 2.9.5
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
RubyGems nokogiri HIGH fixed in 1.8.2
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Sigma Hunt Rules

2
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighRunning Chrome VPN Extensions via the Registry 2 VPN Extension
productmediumPotential Chrome Frame Helper DLL Sideloading
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Scoring & Timeline

8.8
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · chrome-cve-admin@google.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD28 Aug 2018 · 07:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Vendor Advisories

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2026:10356-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2025:14697-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:14174-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:11340-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040348
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
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