Stack-based buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-15396

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Stack-based buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-15396

Published: October 27, 2017 / Updated: June 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8970
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15396
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to stack-based buffer overflow in V8. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and cause the system to crash.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedora
qt5-qtwebengine

How to mitigate CVE-2017-15396

Update to version 62.0.3202.75.

Google Chrome - update to 62.0.3202.75
qt5-qtwebengine - addressed in versions 5.9.3-1.fc25, 5.9.3-1.fc26, 5.9.3-1.fc27

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