Out-of-bounds read in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5071
Published: June 7, 2017 / Updated: June 11, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU6957
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5071
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to out of bounds read flaw in the V8 component of the Chromium browser. A remote attacker can read arbitrary files on the system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.
Affected software
Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedora
Opensuse
qt5-qtwebengine
chromium-native_client
chromium
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedora
Opensuse
qt5-qtwebengine
chromium-native_client
chromium
How to mitigate CVE-2017-5071
Update to version 59.0.3071.86.
Google Chrome - update to 59.0.3071.86
qt5-qtwebengine - addressed in versions 5.9.1-1.fc25, 5.9.1-1.fc26
chromium-native_client - addressed in versions 59.0.3071.86-1.20170607gitaac1de2.fc24, 59.0.3071.86-1.20170607gitaac1de2.fc25, 59.0.3071.86-1.20170607gitaac1de2.fc26
chromium - addressed in versions 59.0.3071.86-3.el7, 59.0.3071.104-1.el7
qt5-qtwebengine - addressed in versions 5.9.1-1.fc25, 5.9.1-1.fc26
chromium-native_client - addressed in versions 59.0.3071.86-1.20170607gitaac1de2.fc24, 59.0.3071.86-1.20170607gitaac1de2.fc25, 59.0.3071.86-1.20170607gitaac1de2.fc26
chromium - addressed in versions 59.0.3071.86-3.el7, 59.0.3071.104-1.el7
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
- openSUSE update for chromium
- Arch Linux update for qt5-webengine
- Arch Linux update for chromium
- OpenSUSE Linux update for chromium
- Red Hat update for chromium-browser
- Fedora EPEL 7 update for chromium
- Fedora 24 update for chromium-native_client
- Fedora 25 update for chromium-native_client
- Fedora 26 update for chromium-native_client
- Fedora EPEL 7 update for chromium
- Fedora 26 update for qt5-qtwebengine
- Fedora 25 update for qt5-qtwebengine