CVE-2017-5030 Google Chromium V8 Memory Corruption

What is CVE-2017-5030?

CVE-2017-5030 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 24 Apr 2017. 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

Incorrect handling of complex species in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows, and Mac and 57.0.2987.108 for Android allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5030?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5030?

Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 22 Jun 2022.

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

Is CVE-2017-5030 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2017-5030 in the wild since at least 8 Jun 2022.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-6w47-3vvr-m9hm, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5030.