chromium-browser: memory lifecycle issue in pdfium
Published Oct 27, 2017
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.32%
Description
Inappropriate use of partition alloc in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Linux, Windows, and Mac, and 61.0.3163.81 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit memory corruption via a crafted PDF file.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
Configuration 3
- 9.0
- 10.0
Configuration 4
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:61.0.3163.79-2.el6_9
Fixed · RHSA-2017:2676
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:61.0.3163.79-2.el6_9 | Fixed | RHSA-2017:2676 |
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:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.32% (0.01324) | 69.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.32% (0.01324) | 67.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 11, 2026 | 0.81% (0.00811) | 74.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.19% (0.02185) | 82.88th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.55% (0.03550) | 79.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.19% (0.02185) | 83.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 1.48% (0.01483) | 86.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 1.48% (0.01483) | 85.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 1.75% (0.01747) | 86.39th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.52% (0.01521) | 84.94th | 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 | 1.18% (0.01177) | 29.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.18% (0.01177) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (11)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3985 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100610 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039291 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2676 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5114 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1488775 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://crbug.com/752829 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5114
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-15 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5114
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3985 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100610 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039291 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2676 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5114 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1488775 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://crbug.com/752829 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5114 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-15 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5114 |
Change history (0)
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