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CVE-2017-5077

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5077 describes an out-of-bounds memory read vulnerability in Google Chrome's Skia component, affecting versions prior to 59.0.3071.86 on Linux, Windows, and Mac, and 59.0.3071.92 on Android. This critical flaw, with a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), allows a remote attacker to trigger the issue by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page, leading to high impacts 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 among security researchers.

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
2.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0265 is in the 83rd 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-0:59.0.3071.86-1.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5077Moderate

chromium-browser: heap buffer overflow in skia

Jun 5, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1399
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 716311
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201706-20
securityfocus.com / bid/98861
securitytracker.com / id/1038622