chromium-browser: use after free in guestview
Published Apr 24, 2017
6.3
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.14%
Description
Chrome Apps in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows, and Mac had a use after free bug in GuestView, which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted Chrome extension.
Affected products
- Vendor n/a Product Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows and Mac Defaultn/a
- Version Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows and MacStatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows and Mac | n/a |
|
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 8.0
- 9.0
Configuration 3
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:57.0.2987.98-1.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0499
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:57.0.2987.98-1.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0499 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.14% (0.01140) | 65.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.14% (0.01140) | 65.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.95% (0.00948) | 83.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00948) | 81.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.57% (0.00573) | 75.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.48% (0.00477) | 71.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.26% (0.01259) | 30.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.26% (0.01259) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (10)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5038 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1431044 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/695476 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5038
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5038
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5038 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1431044 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/695476 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5038 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5038 |
Change history (0)
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