CVE-2017-15388 Memory corruption in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62

What is CVE-2017-15388?

CVE-2017-15388 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 7 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Iteration through non-finite points in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15388?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2017-15388?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-15388 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15388 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-mr6j-3pj4-4969, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15388.