UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15412

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15412
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15412.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15412
Upstream
Downstream
Related
Published
2017-12-07T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:20:46.963338Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / chromium-browser

Package

Name
chromium-browser
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/chromium-browser@63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Affected versions

29.*

29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu2

31.*

31.0.1650.63-0ubuntu1~20131204.1

32.*

32.0.1700.107-0ubuntu1~20140204.977.1

33.*

33.0.1750.152-0ubuntu1~pkg995.1

34.*

34.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2

36.*

36.0.1985.125-0ubuntu1.14.04.0~pkg1029

37.*

37.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1042
37.0.2062.120-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg1049

38.*

38.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1061

39.*

39.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1064

40.*

40.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1068
40.0.2214.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1069

41.*

41.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1076

43.*

43.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1089
43.0.2357.130-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1092

44.*

44.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1095

45.*

45.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1097
45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1099

47.*

47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1106
47.0.2526.106-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1107

48.*

48.0.2564.82-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1108
48.0.2564.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1111

49.*

49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1112
49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1113

50.*

50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1117

51.*

51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1121

52.*

52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1134

53.*

53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1142
53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1145

58.*

58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172
58.0.3029.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1174
58.0.3029.110-0ubuntu0.14.04.1176

59.*

59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.14.04.1186
59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.14.04.1188

60.*

60.0.3112.78-0ubuntu0.14.04.1190
60.0.3112.113-0ubuntu0.14.04.1194

61.*

61.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.14.04.1196
61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu0.14.04.1202

62.*

62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.14.04.1204
62.0.3202.75-0ubuntu0.14.04.1211
62.0.3202.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1213
62.0.3202.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1215

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser-l10n",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-chromedriver",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-chromedriver-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.14.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12

Affected versions

2.*

2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu3
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.1
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.2
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.3
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.4
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.5
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.6
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.7
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.8
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.9
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.10
2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.11

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-doc",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-udeb",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.12"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / chromium-browser

Package

Name
chromium-browser
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/chromium-browser@63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

45.*

45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu1.1201

47.*

47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu1.1218
47.0.2526.106-0ubuntu1.1221

48.*

48.0.2564.82-0ubuntu1.1222
48.0.2564.116-0ubuntu1.1229

49.*

49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu1.1232
49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.1233

50.*

50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1237

51.*

51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1242

52.*

52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1250

53.*

53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1254
53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1257

55.*

55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263

56.*

56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.04.1268

57.*

57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1276

58.*

58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1277
58.0.3029.96-0ubuntu0.16.04.1279
58.0.3029.110-0ubuntu0.16.04.1281

59.*

59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.1289
59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.1291

60.*

60.0.3112.78-0ubuntu0.16.04.1293
60.0.3112.113-0ubuntu0.16.04.1298

61.*

61.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1300
61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu0.16.04.1306

62.*

62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.16.04.1308
62.0.3202.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1313
62.0.3202.89-0ubuntu0.16.04.1315
62.0.3202.94-0ubuntu0.16.04.1317

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser-l10n",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-chromedriver",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-chromedriver-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5

Affected versions

2.*

2.9.2+zdfsg1-4
2.9.2+zdfsg1-4ubuntu1
2.9.2+zdfsg1-4ubuntu2
2.9.2+zdfsg1-4ubuntu3
2.9.3+dfsg1-1
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.2
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.3
2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-doc",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-udeb",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / oxide-qt

Package

Name
oxide-qt
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/oxide-qt@1.21.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.9.5-0ubuntu1
1.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
1.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.2
1.11.3-0ubuntu3
1.11.4-0ubuntu1
1.11.5-0ubuntu1
1.12.5-0ubuntu1
1.12.6-0ubuntu1
1.12.7-0ubuntu1
1.13.6-0ubuntu1
1.14.7-0ubuntu1
1.14.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1.15.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1.15.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1.16.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1.17.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1.17.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1.18.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1.19.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
1.21.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / chromium-browser

Package

Name
chromium-browser
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/chromium-browser@63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1

Affected versions

61.*

61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu1.1378

62.*

62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.17.10.1380
62.0.3202.89-0ubuntu1.1386
62.0.3202.94-0ubuntu1.1388

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser-l10n",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-chromedriver",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-chromedriver-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2@2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1

Affected versions

2.*

2.9.4+dfsg1-4ubuntu1
2.9.4+dfsg1-5ubuntu1
2.9.4+dfsg1-5ubuntu2
2.9.4+dfsg1-5.1ubuntu1
2.9.4+dfsg1-5.2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-doc",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-udeb",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-libxml2-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-libxml2",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-libxml2-dbg",
            "binary_version": "2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}