CVE-2017-5029
The xsltAddTextString function in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.29, as used in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows,…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 2.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 15% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The xsltAddTextString function in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.29, as used in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android, lacked a check for integer overflow during a size calculation, which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 57.0.2987.108 for Android
- affected Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 57.0.2987.108 for Android
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemsnokogiriGHSA-pf6m-fxpq-fg8v (opens in a new tab)
References
7
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/libxslt/commit/?id=08ab2774b870de1c7b5a48693df75e8154addae5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1038157 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/676623 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3810 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 96767 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0499 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-0301 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-pf6m-fxpq-fg8v (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-5029)Record last updated .