CVE-2017-5121

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Inappropriate use of JIT optimisation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.100 for Linux, Windows, and Mac allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page, related to the escape analysis phase.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 27, 2017
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2017-5121: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix