Analyzed
Published: 24 Apr 2017, 23:00
Last modified:21 Oct 2025, 23:55

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
55/100
CVSS Score
8.8 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
50.31% CRITICAL
50% probability -0.34%
KEV
Listed
CISA
1 listing
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

24 Apr 2017, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
08 Jun 2022, 00:00
Added to CISA KEV
Google Chromium V8 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
22 Jun 2022, 00:00
CISA Remediation Due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
21 Oct 2025, 23:55
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1HIGHScore: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0MEDIUMScore: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 50.31% Percentile: 98%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

    The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • debiandebian_linux

    8.0 | 9.0

  • googlechrome

    < 57.0.2987.98 | < 57.0.2987.108

  • redhatenterprise_linux_desktop

    6.0

  • redhatenterprise_linux_server

    6.0

  • redhatenterprise_linux_workstation

    6.0

References (8)