CVE-2017-5087

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-416

Description

A use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.104 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 59.0.3071.117 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page, aka an IndexedDB sandbox escape.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 59.0.3071.104; before 59.0.3071.117 — fixed in 59.0.3071.104, 59.0.3071.117
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 59.0.3071.104, 59.0.3071.117. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3926
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99096
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038765
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1495
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15.html
https://crbug.com/725032
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3926
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99096
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038765
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1495
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_15.html

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