HIGH
chromium-browser: heap overflow in v8
Published Feb 17, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.04%
Description
A heap buffer overflow in V8 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 heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:56.0.2924.76-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0206
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:56.0.2924.76-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0206 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
8.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.04% 0.02042
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02042
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.04% (0.02042) | 80.45th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.84% (0.02843) | 85.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.74% (0.01739) | 74.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.39% (0.02388) | 83.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 19.48% (0.19477) | 92.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.04% (0.02038) | 82.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 1.78% (0.01782) | 88.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 1.78% (0.01782) | 88.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.78% (0.01782) | 86.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.87% (0.00866) | 25.01th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.87% (0.00866) | 24.40th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.87% (0.00866) | 58.45th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.87% (0.00866) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5012 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416663 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/681843 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5012
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5012
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5012 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1416663 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/681843 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5012 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5012 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Chrome
Published Feb 17, 2017
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 2, 2017
Link CVE-2017-5012
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a