CVE-2017-5112
Heap buffer overflow in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Windows allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.07%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Heap buffer overflow in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Windows allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox 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
- 5.07% probability · 92th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 5.1% 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.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3985
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100610
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039291
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2676
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/740603
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-15
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3985
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100610
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039291
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2676
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/740603
- 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.