Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5058

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Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5058

Published: April 20, 2017 / Updated: June 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6358
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5058
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in Print Preview. A remote attacker can trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Fedora
Gentoo www-client/chromium
chromium-native_client
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2017-5058

Update to version 58.0.3029.81.

Google Chrome - update to 58.0.3029.81
chromium-native_client - addressed in versions 58.0.3029.81-1.20170421gitc948e9b.fc25, 58.0.3029.81-1.20170421gitc948e9b.fc26
chromium - addressed in versions 58.0.3029.110-2.el7, 58.0.3029.110-2.fc25, 58.0.3029.110-2.fc26

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