CVE-2017-5117 Information disclosure in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Linux and Windows

What is CVE-2017-5117?

CVE-2017-5117 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 27 Oct 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

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

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5117?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5117?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-5117 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5117 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-vjwj-q38m-7gxf, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5117.