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CVE-2017-5119 json

Use of an uninitialized value in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 61.0.3163.81 for Android, all…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-14228

cvss
4.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.8%
EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Use of an uninitialized value in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 61.0.3163.81 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

  • google chrome 61.0.3163.100
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu0.14.04.1202
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu0.16.04.1306
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu1.1378

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5119

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 61.0.3163.79-2.el6_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:2676

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromium Package Hub 12 SP2 61.0.3163.79-29.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2017:2482-1openSUSE-SU-2017:2491-1

  • chromium Arch Linux 61.0.3163.79-1

arch linux advisories AVG-391

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2017-5119 updated cvss 6.5

chromium-browser: use of uninitialized value in skia

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 61.0.3163.79-2.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 61.0.3163.79-2.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 61.0.3163.79-2.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2676

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

1.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 61.0.3163.81 for Android

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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References

Sources

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