CVE-2017-5023 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Google Chrome

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference8 documents6 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
OSV6.1
EPSS
0.7%
top 28.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Google Chrome
Timeline
PublishedFeb 17
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Type confusion in Histogram 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 a near null dereference via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages1 packages

▶NVDgoogle/chrome55.0.2883.87

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-4hvm-hmvm-5432: Type confusion in Histogram in Google Chrome prior to 56↗2022-05-14
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OSV
oxide-qt vulnerabilities↗2017-02-08
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OSV
CVE-2017-5023: Type confusion in Histogram in Google Chrome prior to 56↗2017-01-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
Oxide vulnerabilities↗2017-02-08
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Red Hat
chromium-browser: type confusion in metrics↗2017-01-25
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5023 chromium-browser: type confusion in metrics↗2017-01-26
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Bugzilla
chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-01-26
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