High severity · published Oct 27, 2017
CVE-2017-5121
Inappropriate use of JIT optimisation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.100 for Linux, Windows, and Mac allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a…
8.8
CVSS
5.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Inappropriate use of JIT optimisation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.100 for Linux, Windows, and Mac allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page, related to the escape analysis phase.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.3% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CH
Chrome · Google
before 61.0.3163.100 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5121
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5121
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3985
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100947
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039497
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2792
blogs.technet.microsoft.com
https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/mmpc/2017/10/18/browser-security-beyond-sandboxing/
chromereleases.googleblog.com
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
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