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CVE-2017-5021

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5021 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 56.0.2924.76 (Linux, Windows, Mac) and 56.0.2924.87 (Android), allowing a remote attacker to achieve an out-of-bounds memory read through a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and resulting in low availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, despite some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 55.0.2883.87CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0131 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:56.0.2924.76-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5021Low

chromium-browser: use after free in extensions

Jan 25, 2017

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 663726
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-66
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3776
securityfocus.com / bid/95792
securitytracker.com / id/1037718