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CVE-2017-5043 json

Chrome Apps in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows, and Mac had a use after free bug in GuestView, which allowed a remot…

published 2017-04-24 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14152

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Chrome Apps in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows, and Mac had a use after free bug in GuestView, which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted Chrome extension.

Patch / fix

  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1276

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5043

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 57.0.2987.98-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:0499

  • chromium Package Hub 12 SP2 57.0.2987.98-8.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2017:0738-1openSUSE-SU-2017:0740-1

  • chromium Arch Linux 57.0.2987.98-1

arch linux advisories AVG-197

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-5043 updated cvss 7.5

chromium-browser: use after free in guestview

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 57.0.2987.98-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 57.0.2987.98-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 57.0.2987.98-1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:0499

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows and Mac

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.