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CVE-2017-15428

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 18.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

Insufficient data validation in V8 builtins string generator could lead to out of bounds read and write access in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.94 and allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 62.0.3202.94 — fixed in 62.0.3202.94

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 62.0.3202.94. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
• https://crbug.com/782145
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/11/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
• https://crbug.com/782145

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