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CVE-2017-5036

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5036 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in PDFium, the PDF rendering engine used by Google Chrome prior to versions 57.0.2987.98 (desktop) and 57.0.2987.108 (Android). This flaw allowed a remote attacker to achieve an unspecified impact by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF file. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, requiring user interaction to trigger. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, and community discussion is minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 57.0.2987.75CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 57.0.2987.100CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0099 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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-0:57.0.2987.98-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5036Important

chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium

Mar 9, 2017

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 691371
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201704-02
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3810
securityfocus.com / bid/96767