CVE-2017-5121

HIGH

Google Chrome < 61.0.3163.100 - Remote Code Execution via JIT Optimization Escape Analysis

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Inappropriate use of JIT optimisation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.100 for Linux, Windows, and Mac allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page, related to the escape analysis phase.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100947
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-25
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2792
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039497
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://crbug.com/765433
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3985

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0529
EPSS Percentile 91.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (7)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
google/chrome < 61.0.3163.100
n/a/Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.100 for Linux, Windows and Mac Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.100 for Linux, Windows and Mac
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
Published Oct 27, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026