CVE-2017-5129 — chromium-browser: use after free in webaudio

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HIGH

chromium-browser: use after free in webaudio

Published Feb 7, 2018

8.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.43%

Description

A use after free in WebAudio in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 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 62.0.3202.62 Default
n/a
- Version
  Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62
  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 62.0.3202.62

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62	affected	-

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary

chromium-browser-0:62.0.3202.62-2.el6_9

Fixed · RHSA-2017:2997

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary	chromium-browser-0:62.0.3202.62-2.el6_9	Fixed	RHSA-2017:2997

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.43% 0.01428

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

EPSS probability 0.01428

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 (15 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.43% (0.01428)	72.02th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.46% (0.01455)	69.96th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	0.90% (0.00900)	73.55th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	2.16% (0.02162)	73.80th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Jul 20, 2024	1.53% (0.01529)	87.21th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 8, 2023	1.53% (0.01529)	85.57th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	2.27% (0.02271)	88.22th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 10, 2023	2.87% (0.02873)	89.40th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 9, 2023	4.01% (0.04015)	90.90th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 8, 2023	4.19% (0.04194)	90.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	5.42% (0.05418)	91.93th	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	0.80% (0.00805)	22.16th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.80% (0.00805)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-416

Use After Free

References (10)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101482
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2997
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5129
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1503535
Issue Tracking
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
x_refsource_MISC
https://crbug.com/765495
x_refsource_MISC
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5129
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-24
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5129
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4020
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101482		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2997		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5129		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1503535		Issue Tracking
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html		x_refsource_MISC
https://crbug.com/765495		x_refsource_MISC
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5129
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-24		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5129
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4020		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN