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CVE-2017-5122

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5122 describes an out-of-bounds access vulnerability in Google Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine, affecting versions prior to 61.0.3163.100 on Windows, as well as Debian-based Chrome installations. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) could be triggered remotely by an unauthenticated attacker through a crafted HTML page, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 61.0.3163.100CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0133 is in the 67th 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-0:61.0.3163.100-1.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5122Important

chromium-browser: out-of-bounds access in v8

Sep 21, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2792
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2017/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_21.html
crbug.com / 752423
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201709-25
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3985
securityfocus.com / bid/100947
securitytracker.com / id/1039497