Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5062

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Use-after-free in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5062

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6362
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5062
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 Chrome Apps. A remote attacker can trigger potentially exploitable browser crash.

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-2017-5062

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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