CVE-2017-5043

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-04-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Chrome Apps in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows, and Mac had a use after free bug in GuestView, which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted Chrome extension.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
Google Chrome: through 57.0.2987.75
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0

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/683523
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02
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/683523
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02

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