CVE-2017-5055
A use after free in printing in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.133 for Linux and Windows allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A use after free in printing in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.133 for Linux and Windows allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.46% probability · 84th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125, CWE-416
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 2.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97221
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0860
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.html
- https://crbug.com/698622
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97221
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0860
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.html
- https://crbug.com/698622
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.