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CVE-2017-5030: Google Chromium V8 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-06-08
• EPSS: 40.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-04-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-125

Description

Incorrect handling of complex species in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows, and Mac and 57.0.2987.108 for Android allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• Google Chrome: before 57.0.2987.98; before 57.0.2987.108 — fixed in 57.0.2987.108, 57.0.2987.98
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 57.0.2987.108, 57.0.2987.98. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/682194
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-126/
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/682194

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