CVE-2017-5070 is a critical type confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 59.0.3071.86 on Linux, Windows, and Mac, and 59.0.3071.92 on Android. This flaw allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the browser's sandbox 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 the network with low attack complexity, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Notably, this CVE has been actively exploited in the wild, as indicated by its presence in the KEV catalog, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage despite no public exploit code being readily available.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 59.0.3071.86CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 59.0.3071.92CPE 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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.