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CVE-2017-5031 (GCVE-0-2017-5031)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-24 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:47
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Summary
A use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Windows allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Use after free in ANGLE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Mozilla Firefox ESR Affected: unspecified , < 52.1.1 (custom)
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Mozilla Firefox Affected: unspecified , < 53.0.2 (custom)
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Date Public
2017-03-09 00:00
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