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CVE-2017-5012

A heap buffer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, allowed a rem…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.0%
percentile 81%
Public exploits
0
none known

A heap buffer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.04% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Technology feeds
Google Chrome (RSS, critical only)

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/95792 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • chromereleases.googleblog.com /2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • security.gentoo.org /glsa/201701-66 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • crbug.com /681843 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1037718 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2017/dsa-3776 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred

Sources

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