Memory leak in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5096

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Memory leak in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5096

Published: August 1, 2017 / Updated: June 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7623
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5096
CWE-ID: CWE-401
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 system.

The weakness exists due to memory leak via Android intents. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted web page and read important files on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedora
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2017-5096

Update to version 60.0.3112.78.

Google Chrome - update to 60.0.3112.78
chromium - addressed in versions 60.0.3112.90-1.fc25, 60.0.3112.90-1.fc26, 60.0.3112.90-3.el7, 60.0.3112.101-1.fc25, 60.0.3112.101-2.el7, 60.0.3112.113-1.fc25, 60.0.3112.113-2.el7

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