CVE-2017-5098
A use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for Mac, Windows, Linux, and Android allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for Mac, Windows, Linux, and Android allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read 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
- 15.51% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- google/chrome · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 15.5% 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.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3926
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99950
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1833
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/740803
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-15
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3926
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99950
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1833
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/740803
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-15
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.