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CVE-2017-5021 (GCVE-0-2017-5021)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-17 07:45 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:47
VLAI
Summary
A use after free in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
  • use after free
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/sta… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android Affected: Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android
Date Public
2017-01-25 00:00
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