Information disclosure in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5088

 

Information disclosure in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5088

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7126
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5088
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Chrome

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds read error in V8. A remote attacker can read arbitrary files that may allow to conduct further attacks.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-5088

Update to version 59.0.3071.104.

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