CVE-2017-5040
mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.238 · 98 %ileEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
23.8% (98th) EPSS
CVSS 4.3 · medium
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
V8 in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android was missing a neutering check, which allowed a remote attacker to read values in memory via a crafted HTML page.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
4.3
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.14.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 1.4
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
CWE-1223USLLM-inferred
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affected products (8)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- n/a Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 57.0.2987.108 for Android≤ Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 57.0.2987.108 for Androidenisa_euvdEU
- redhat enterprise linux workstation= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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also known as (3)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (18)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.htmlcnnvd
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlcnnvd
- https://crbug.com/691323cnnvd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02cnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767cnnvd
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810enisa_euvd
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