Information disclosure in Google Chrome - CVE-2017-15417
Published: December 7, 2017 / Updated: June 11, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9586
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15417
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to cross origin information disclosure in Skia. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and read arbitrary data from system memory.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.
The weakness exists due to cross origin information disclosure in Skia. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and read arbitrary data from system memory.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure.
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
chromium
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedora
chromium
How to mitigate CVE-2017-15417
Update to version 63.0.3239.84.
Google Chrome - update to 63.0.3239.84
chromium - addressed in versions 63.0.3239.108-1.fc26, 63.0.3239.108-1.fc27
chromium - addressed in versions 63.0.3239.108-1.fc26, 63.0.3239.108-1.fc27
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
- Arch Linux update for chromium
- Debian update for chromium-browser
- Gentoo update for Chromium, Google Chrome
- OpenSUSE Linux update for chromium
- OpenSUSE Linux update for chromium
- Red Hat update for chromium-browser
- Fedora 27 update for chromium
- Fedora 26 update for chromium