CVE-2017-5121 — Improper Input Validation in Google Chrome

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents6 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
5.1%
top 10.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Google ChromeDebian LinuxRedhat Enterprise Linux Desktop+2 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 27
Latest updateMay 13

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 61.0.3163.100

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8mmx-7cjv-h35q: Inappropriate use of JIT optimisation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 61↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2017-5121: Inappropriate use of JIT optimisation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 61↗2017-10-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
chromium-browser: out-of-bounds access in v8↗2017-09-21
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📄Research Papers

1
arXiv
Representing and Reasoning about Dynamic Code↗2019-10-30
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5121 CVE-2017-5122 chromium: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2017-09-22
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-5121 chromium-browser: out-of-bounds access in v8↗2017-09-22
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