CVE-2017-5039 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), affecting various operating systems including Apple, Debian, Google, Linux, Microsoft, and Red Hat. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF file, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability garnered some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.