VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-5024
FFmpeg in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, failed to perform proper bounds checking, which allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted video file.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.31%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
FFmpeg in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, failed to perform proper bounds checking, which allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted video file.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.31% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS moved from 2.5% on 21 September 2026 to 1.3% on 27 October 2026.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/643951
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-05
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/643951
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-05
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.