CVE-2017-5063

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% 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-190

Description

A numeric overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 58.0.3029.81 for Linux, Windows, and Mac, and 58.0.3029.83 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 58.0.3029.81; before 58.0.3029.83 — fixed in 58.0.3029.81, 58.0.3029.83
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 58.0.3029.81, 58.0.3029.83. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97939
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038317
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1124
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/700836
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-02
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97939
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038317
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1124
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/700836
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-02

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