CVE-2017-5040

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    CVE-2017-5040

    Published: 24 Apr 2017Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: V8 in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android was missing a neutering check, which allowed a remote attacker to read values in memory via a crafted HTML page.

    References: , http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767, https://crbug.com/691323, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810, https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High