CVE-2017-5012

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A heap buffer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-119

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/aGoogle Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for AndroidGoogle Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android

References

Timeline

Published
Feb 17, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-5012: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix