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CVE-2017-5052 (GCVE-0-2017-5052)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-27 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 14:47
VLAI
Summary
An incorrect assumption about block structure in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.133 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 57.0.2987.132 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit memory corruption via a crafted HTML page that triggers improper casting.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Inappropriate implementation
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97220 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0860 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/sta… x_refsource_MISC
https://crbug.com/662767 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.133 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 57.0.2987.132 for Android Affected: Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.133 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 57.0.2987.132 for Android
Date Public
2017-03-29 00:00
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