CVE-2017-5131 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the Skia graphics engine within Google Chrome versions prior to 62.0.3202.62, affecting various Debian and Google Chrome products. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) allows a remote attacker to potentially achieve heap corruption, leading to out-of-bounds writes, by enticing a user to visit a crafted HTML page. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness despite its inactive status on the CISA KEV and Hot List.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 62.0.3202.62CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/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.