Type confusion in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5108

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Type confusion in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5108

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7637
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5108
CWE-ID: CWE-843
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 type confusion in PDFium. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted web page and read arbitrary files on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Gentoo Linux
Arch Linux
Debian 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-2017-5108

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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