CVE-2017-5115: google chrome Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-5115 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 26.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 4Timeline
- 27-10-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Windows allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit object corruption via a crafted HTML page.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
26.33%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
98%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 26.33% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu3 products
- chromium-browser< 61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu0.14.04.1202 | < 61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu0.16.04.1306 | < 61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu1.1378
- libv8-3.14All versions (No fix recorded)
- oxide-qtAll versions (No fix recorded)
Google1 product
- chrome< 61.0.3163.79
2 vendors · 4 products
References
9 links- crbug.com/744584X Refsource MISC
