CVE-2017-5031: google chrome Use After Free

Modified

AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-5031

Published 24-04-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-5031 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Use After Free vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 1.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

8.8/10

010

High · v3.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

1.58%

0%100%

Low · +0.22 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 3

DSA-3810-1 MGASA-2017-0111 OPENSUSE-SU-2017:0738-1 OPENSUSE-SU-2017:0740-1 RHSA-2017:0499 USN-3236-1

Timeline

24-04-2017
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
05-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Windows allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

v3.08.8v2.06.8

EPSS trend

Probability

1.58%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

75%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.22 pp

From 1.36% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-416Use After FreeThe product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Mozilla2 products

firefox≥ unspecified, < 53.0.2
firefox esr≥ unspecified, < 52.1.1

Ubuntu2 products

chromium-browser< 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172 | < 57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1276
oxide-qt< 1.21.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 1.21.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Google1 product

chrome≤ 57.0.2987.75

3 vendors · 5 products

References

12 links

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMREPORT
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1328762X Refsource CONFIRM
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource GENTOO
crbug.com/682020X Refsource CONFIRM
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource DEBIAN
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767VDB EntryX Refsource BID
www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-14/X Refsource CONFIRM
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHAT
www.securityfocus.com/bid/98326VDB EntryX Refsource BID
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5031REPORT

Show all 12 references

ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3236-1Advisory
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5031REPORT