CVE-2017-5030

HIGH severity · CVSS 8.8 · Out-of-bounds read · actively exploited (CISA KEV)

8.8CVSS HIGH ● exploited

🔴 Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities). Added to KEV 2022-06-08. US federal agencies must patch by 2022-06-22.

Summary

Incorrect handling of complex species in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows, and Mac and 57.0.2987.108 for Android allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork

Attack complexityLow

Privileges requiredNone

User interactionRequired

Confidentiality impactHigh

Integrity impactHigh

Availability impactHigh

Exploit probability (EPSS)50%

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products we track (1)

Google Chrome

Recommendation

This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Additional information

NVD record
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlAdvisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.htmlAdvisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-126/Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.htmlAdvisory
https://crbug.com/682194Exploit