CVE-2017-5023

MEDIUM

Google Chrome <56.0.2924.76-56.0.2924.87 - Memory Corruption

Title source: llm

Description

Type confusion in Histogram in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit a near null dereference via a crafted HTML page.

References (7)

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

[Issue Tracking] https://crbug.com/651443

[Vendor Advisory] http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3

EPSS 0.0067

EPSS Percentile 71.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Classification

CWE

CWE-476

Status published

Affected Products (2)

google/chrome < 55.0.2883.87

n/a/Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android < Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android

Timeline

Published Feb 17, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026