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CVE-2017-5044

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5044 describes a heap buffer overflow in Skia's filter processing within Google Chrome versions prior to 57.0.2987.98 (Mac, Windows, Linux) and 57.0.2987.108 (Android), impacting various operating systems including Apple, Debian, and Microsoft. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.3 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity via user interaction (e.g., visiting a crafted HTML page), leading to potential low impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code, and it's not on the KEV catalog, it garnered some community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

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

6.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0242 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 26,221 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, 0.1 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-0:57.0.2987.98-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5044Moderate

chromium-browser: heap overflow in skia

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 / 688987
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201704-02
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3810
securityfocus.com / bid/96767