CVE-2017-15412

HIGHNVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 3.0%, top 14% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 3%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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 v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EPSS
85.8%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 28, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (18)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2017-15412(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(7)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntupython3-libxml2 (2.9.4+dfsg1-2.2ubuntu0.3) @ zesty2026-05-28ubuntu
ubuntupython-libxml2 (2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.20) @ precise2026-05-28ubuntu
redhatansible-tower-35/ansible-tower:3.5.6-12020-04-22redhat
redhatansible-tower-36/ansible-tower:3.6.4-12020-04-22redhat
redhatlibxml2-0:2.9.1-6.el7.42020-03-31redhat
redhatlibxml22018-02-08redhat
redhatchromium-browser-0:63.0.3239.84-1.el6_92017-12-07redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
RubyGems(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
nokogiri1.0.0 ... 1.8.1 (101 versions)1.8.2—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(5)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 39× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2017-15412?
CVE-2017-15412 is a high vulnerability published on August 28, 2018. 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.
When was CVE-2017-15412 disclosed?
CVE-2017-15412 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 28, 2018, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2017-15412 actively exploited?
CVE-2017-15412 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 85.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2017-15412?
CVE-2017-15412 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2017-15412?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2017-15412, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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