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CVE-2017-5040

Published: Apr 24, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
4.3
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5040
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

V8 in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android was missing a neutering check, which allowed a remote attacker to read values in memory via a crafted HTML page.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
ChromeGoogle*57.0.2987.75 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryRedHatchromium-browser-0:57.0.2987.98-1.el6*
Chromium-browserUbuntuartful*
Chromium-browserUbuntubionic*
Chromium-browserUbuntucosmic*
Chromium-browserUbuntudevel*
Chromium-browserUbuntuprecise*
Chromium-browserUbuntutrusty*
Chromium-browserUbuntuupstream*
Chromium-browserUbuntuxenial*
Chromium-browserUbuntuyakkety*
Chromium-browserUbuntuzesty*
Libv8Ubuntuprecise*
Libv8Ubuntuupstream*
Libv8-3.14Ubuntuartful*
Libv8-3.14Ubuntubionic*
Libv8-3.14Ubuntucosmic*
Libv8-3.14Ubuntudevel*
Libv8-3.14Ubuntuesm-apps/bionic*
Libv8-3.14Ubuntuesm-apps/xenial*
Libv8-3.14Ubuntutrusty*
Libv8-3.14Ubuntuupstream*
Libv8-3.14Ubuntuxenial*
Libv8-3.14Ubuntuyakkety*
Libv8-3.14Ubuntuzesty*
Oxide-qtUbuntuartful*
Oxide-qtUbuntuesm-infra/xenial*
Oxide-qtUbuntutrusty*
Oxide-qtUbuntuupstream*
Oxide-qtUbuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
Oxide-qtUbuntuxenial*
Oxide-qtUbuntuyakkety*
Oxide-qtUbuntuzesty*

References

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