Memory leak in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-15393

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Memory leak in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-15393

Published: October 26, 2017 / Updated: June 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8951
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-2017-15393
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.

The vulnerability exists due to referrer leak in Devtools. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and read arbitrary files on the target system.


Affected software

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

How to mitigate CVE-2017-15393

Update to version 62.0.3202.62.

Google Chrome - update to 62.0.3202.62
chromium - addressed in versions 62.0.3202.75-1.fc25, 62.0.3202.75-1.fc26, 62.0.3202.75-1.fc27, 62.0.3202.89-1.fc25, 62.0.3202.89-1.fc26, 62.0.3202.89-1.fc27, 63.0.3239.108-1.fc26

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