CVE-2017-5092 — chromium-browser: use after free in ppapi

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HIGH

chromium-browser: use after free in ppapi

Published Oct 27, 2017

8.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.43%

Description

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in PPAPI Plugins in Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for Windows allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for Windows Default
n/a
- Version
  Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for 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 60.0.3112.78 for Windows

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for Windows	affected	-

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary

chromium-browser-0:60.0.3112.78-1.el6_9

Fixed · RHSA-2017:1833

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary	chromium-browser-0:60.0.3112.78-1.el6_9	Fixed	RHSA-2017:1833

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.43% 0.01427

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

EPSS probability 0.01427

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 (18 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.43% (0.01427)	72.00th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.43% (0.01427)	69.40th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	1.56% (0.01563)	79.78th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	2.78% (0.02777)	76.72th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.56% (0.01563)	80.22th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.83% (0.01833)	88.74th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 8, 2023	1.83% (0.01833)	86.86th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 8, 2023	0.58% (0.00584)	74.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 20, 2023	0.69% (0.00689)	77.04th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.60% (0.00601)	75.15th	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	8.02% (0.08024)	85.04th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	8.02% (0.08024)	84.86th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	8.02% (0.08024)	92.49th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	8.02% (0.08024)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (2)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

CWE-416

Use After Free

References (10)

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3926
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99950
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1833
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5092
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475194
Issue Tracking
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
x_refsource_MISC
https://crbug.com/733549
x_refsource_MISC
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5092
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-15
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5092

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3926		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99950		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1833		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5092		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475194		Issue Tracking
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html		x_refsource_MISC
https://crbug.com/733549		x_refsource_MISC
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5092
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-15		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5092