CVE-2017-5070
Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 22 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows, and Mac, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 32.07% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 8 June 2022 · due 22 June 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-843
- Affected
- google/chrome · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 32.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5070
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/722756Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98861Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038622Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1399Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/722756Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-20Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-5070US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.