CVE-2017-5021

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5021
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-17 07:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:48:00 UTC
DescriptionA use after free in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Google Chrome All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Chromium: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-66) — Gentoo security security.gentoo.org
Google Chrome Multiple Security Vulnerabilities www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3776-1 chromium-browser DEBIAN www.debian.org
663726 - Use-after-free in ChromeExtensionsBrowserClient::GetOriginalContext upon opening menu after switching from incognito mode - chromium - Monorail CONFIRM crbug.com
Google Chrome Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Access Files, Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, Bypass Security, Spoof the User Interface, Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks, and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Red Hat Customer Portal rhn.redhat.com
Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update for Desktop CONFIRM chromereleases.googleblog.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710445 Gentoo Linux Chromium Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-66)

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