Type confusion in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5116

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Type confusion in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5116

Published: September 7, 2017 / Updated: June 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8129
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5116
CWE-ID: CWE-843
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 weakness exists due to type confusion in V8. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Fedora
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2017-5116

Update to version 61.0.

Google Chrome - update to 61.0.3163.79
chromium - addressed in versions 61.0.3163.100-1.el7, 61.0.3163.100-1.fc25, 61.0.3163.100-1.fc26, 61.0.3163.100-1.fc27, 62.0.3202.75-1.fc25, 62.0.3202.89-1.fc25

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