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CVE-2017-5025

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5025 describes a heap corruption vulnerability in FFmpeg, as used in Google Chrome versions prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows, and Mac. This flaw, stemming from improper bounds checking, could be triggered by a remote attacker through a specially crafted video file. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), successful exploitation requires user interaction and could lead to high availability impact, though confidentiality and integrity are not affected. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, despite some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

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

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
62.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0112 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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-2017-5025Low

chromium-browser: heap overflow in ffmpeg

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 / 643950
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-66
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201705-05
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3776
securityfocus.com / bid/95792
securitytracker.com / id/1037718