Buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5121

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Buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-5121

Published: September 22, 2017 / Updated: June 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8590
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5121
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 vulnerability exists due to boundary error when processing web pages in V8. A remote unauthenticated attacker can create a specially crafted web page, trick the victim into opening and and trigger memory corruption.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedora
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2017-5121

Update to version 61.0.3163.100.

Google Chrome - update to 61.0.3163.100
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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