CVE-2017-5073 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome's print preview function, affecting versions prior to 59.0.3071.86 on Linux, Windows, and Mac, and 59.0.3071.92 on Android. A remote attacker could exploit this by crafting a malicious HTML page, leading to an out-of-bounds memory read. This vulnerability is rated as HIGH severity (CVSS 8.8), indicating a high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or ExploitDB, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| 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.