CVE-2017-5117: debian debian_linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-5117 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 1.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.5, 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
Use of an uninitialized value in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Linux and Windows allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.71%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
77%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.71% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not 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.
Ubuntu2 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
- oxide-qtAll versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
- debian_linuxEOL9.0
Google1 product
- chrome< 61.0.3163.79
3 vendors · 4 products
References
9 links- crbug.com/739190X Refsource MISC