CVE-2017-5055

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-10-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-125

Description

A use after free in printing in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.133 for Linux and Windows allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 57.0.2987.133 — fixed in 57.0.2987.133

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 57.0.2987.133. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97221
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0860
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.html
https://crbug.com/698622
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97221
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0860
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.html
https://crbug.com/698622
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02

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