CVE-2017-5121 Memory corruption in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.100 for Linux, Windows and Mac

What is CVE-2017-5121?

CVE-2017-5121 is a high-severity memory corruption 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

Inappropriate use of JIT optimisation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.100 for Linux, Windows, and Mac allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page, related to the escape analysis phase.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5121?

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-2017-5121?

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-2017-5121 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5121 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-8mmx-7cjv-h35q, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5121.