CVE-2017-15412: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Google Chrome: before 63.0.3239.84 (fixed in 63.0.3239.84)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only
• Xmlsoft LIBXML2: before 2.9.5 (fixed in 2.9.5)

Published 2018-08-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.