{"id":"CVE-2017-5040","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-5040","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:08:05.061Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2017-04-24T23:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:19:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["google/chrome","debian/debian linux","redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux workstation"],"epss":{"score":0.23789,"percentile":0.97812,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-28","score":0.23566,"percentile":0.97731}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 23.8%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/691323","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02","source":"chrome-cve-admin@google.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://crbug.com/691323","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5040","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}