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CVE-2017-5073

26
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 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
1.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0124 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 14,852 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-0:59.0.3071.86-1.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5073Important

chromium-browser: use after free in print preview

Jun 5, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1399
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 716474
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201706-20
securityfocus.com / bid/98861
securitytracker.com / id/1038622