CVE-2017-15399 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine within Google Chrome prior to version 62.0.3202.89, affecting Debian, Google, and Red Hat products. This high-severity flaw, with a CVSS score of 8.8, allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption through a crafted HTML page, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild (KEV) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 62.0.3202.89CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.