CVE-2017-15396 Memory corruption in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.75 unknown

What is CVE-2017-15396?

CVE-2017-15396 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 28 Aug 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

A stack buffer overflow in NumberingSystem in International Components for Unicode (ICU) for C/C++ before 60.2, as used in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.75 and other products, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15396?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome, Icu-Project International Components for Unicode, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2017-15396?

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-2017-15396 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15396 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-mf8j-4w89-w4fp, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15396.