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CVE-2017-5063

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5063 describes a numeric overflow vulnerability in Skia, a graphics engine used by Google Chrome, affecting versions prior to 58.0.3029.81 on Linux, Windows, and Mac, and 58.0.3029.83 on Android. This flaw allows a remote attacker to achieve an out-of-bounds memory read by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and concern within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 58.0.3029.81CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 58.0.3029.83CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0152 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 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 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:58.0.3029.81-1.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5063Moderate

chromium-browser: heap overflow in skia

Apr 19, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1124
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2017/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 700836
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201705-02
securityfocus.com / bid/97939
securitytracker.com / id/1038317