Type confusion in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5059

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Type confusion in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5059

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6359
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-2017-5059
CWE-ID: CWE-843
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 type confusion error in Blink within the processing of list item markers. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trigger a type confusion condition by manipulating a document's elements 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-2017-5059

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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