CVE-2017-5009 is a heap corruption vulnerability in WebRTC within Google Chrome versions prior to 56.0.2924.76 (Linux, Windows, Mac) and 56.0.2924.87 (Android), caused by improper bounds checking. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows a remote attacker to achieve high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability through a crafted HTML page, requiring user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating notable attention despite its inactive Hot List status.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 55.0.2883.87CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.