Incorrect handling of picture ID in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 58.0.3029.96 for Mac, Windows, and Linux allowed a remote attacker to…

published 2017-10-27 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14177

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.0%; EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits: 0; none known

Incorrect handling of picture ID in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 58.0.3029.96 for Mac, Windows, and Linux allowed a remote attacker to trigger a race condition via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 4

google chrome 58.0.3029.96

ubuntu red hat opensuse arch linux

chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 58.0.3029.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.1174

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5068

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chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 58.0.3029.96-1.el6_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:1228

chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
chromium Package Hub 12 SP2 58.0.3029.96-17.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1 openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 openSUSE-SU-2017:1190-1 openSUSE-SU-2017:1194-1

chromium Arch Linux 58.0.3029.96-1

arch linux advisories AVG-260

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-2017-5068 updated 2026-06-28 cvss 8.8

chromium-browser: race condition in webrtc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 58.0.3029.96-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 58.0.3029.96-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 58.0.3029.96-1.el6_9
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1228

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Exploit prediction

1.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.1	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

n/a Google Chrome prior to 58.0.3029.96 for Mac, Windows and Linux

Classification

Weakness

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

Technology feeds

Google Chrome rss critical rss

References

access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:1228
vendor-advisory
security.gentoo.org /glsa/201706-20
vendor-advisory
chromereleases.googleblog.com /2017/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
securityfocus.com /bid/98288
vdb-entry
crbug.com /679306

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-5068
NVD CVE-2017-5068

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Summary