CVE-2017-5055 — chromium-browser: use after free in printing

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CRITICAL

chromium-browser: use after free in printing

Published Oct 27, 2017

9.6

CRITICAL

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 2.46%

Description

A use after free in printing in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.133 for Linux and Windows allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.133 for Linux and Windows Default
n/a
- Version
  Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.133 for Linux and Windows
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

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 57.0.2987.133 for Linux and Windows

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.133 for Linux and Windows	affected	-

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary

chromium-browser-0:57.0.2987.133-1.el6_9

Fixed · RHSA-2017:0860

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary	chromium-browser-0:57.0.2987.133-1.el6_9	Fixed	RHSA-2017:0860

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.46% 0.02460

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02460

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	2.46% (0.02460)	83.87th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.46% (0.02460)	82.29th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.48% (0.01480)	79.66th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.75% (0.00750)	81.66th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 3, 2024	0.75% (0.00750)	80.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 8, 2023	0.75% (0.00750)	78.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 8, 2023	0.64% (0.00637)	76.01th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 20, 2023	0.54% (0.00536)	73.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.72% (0.00717)	77.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	6.95% (0.06951)	83.33th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	6.95% (0.06951)	83.17th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	6.95% (0.06951)	91.12th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	6.95% (0.06951)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (2)

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-416

Use After Free

References (9)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97221
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0860
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5055
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1437348
Issue Tracking
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.html
x_refsource_MISC
https://crbug.com/698622
x_refsource_MISC
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5055
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5055

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97221		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0860		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5055		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1437348		Issue Tracking
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.html		x_refsource_MISC
https://crbug.com/698622		x_refsource_MISC
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5055
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5055