CVE-2017-5116
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 61.0.3163.81 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 61.0.3163.81 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
- 12.67% probability · 96th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-843
- Affected
- google/chrome · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · debian/debian linux
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 12.7% 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/759624
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-15
- https://security.googleblog.com/2018/01/android-security-ecosystem-investments.html
- 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/759624
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-15
- https://security.googleblog.com/2018/01/android-security-ecosystem-investments.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.