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CVE-2017-5071: google chrome Improper Input Validation

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-5071
Published 27-10-2017Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-5071 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 2.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.19%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 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 4
MGASA-2017-0317OPENSUSE-SU-2017:1501-1OPENSUSE-SU-2017:1502-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1RHSA-2017:1399

Timeline

  1. 27-10-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 2 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

82%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.19% 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

Affected systems

Version check

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

Redhat3 products
Ubuntu3 products
  • chromium-browser< 59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.14.04.1186 | < 59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.1289
  • libv8-3.14All versions (No fix recorded)
  • oxide-qtAll versions (No fix recorded)
Google1 product
  • chrome< 59.0.3071.86 | < 59.0.3071.92

3 vendors · 7 products

References

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