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CVE-2017-5111

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5111 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in PDFium, a component of Google Chrome prior to version 61.0.3163.79, affecting Linux, Windows, and Mac. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) could allow a remote attacker to exploit memory corruption via a crafted PDF file, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 61.0.3163.79CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0126 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 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-0:61.0.3163.79-2.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5111Important

chromium-browser: use after free in pdfium

Sep 5, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2676
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2017/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 737023
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201709-15
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3985
securityfocus.com / bid/100610
securitytracker.com / id/1039291