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CVE-2017-5070 kev in the critical feed json

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows, and Mac, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android, allowed a remote att…

published 2017-10-27 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14179

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-06-08
epss
32.1%
EPSS 32.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Type confusion in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows, and Mac, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • google chrome 59.0.3071.86, 59.0.3071.92
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.14.04.1186
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.1289

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5070

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 59.0.3071.86-1.el6_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:1399

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromium Package Hub 12 SP2 59.0.3071.86-20.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2017:1501-1openSUSE-SU-2017:1502-1

  • chromium Arch Linux 59.0.3071.86-1

arch linux advisories AVG-289

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-5070 updated cvss 8.8

chromium-browser: type confusion in v8

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 59.0.3071.86-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 59.0.3071.86-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 59.0.3071.86-1.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1399

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. Added to CISA KEV
  3. CISA patch deadline
  4. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4 y ago
Patch by
2022-06-22 (4 y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Google, Chromium V8
CISA name
Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

32.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • crbug.com https://crbug.com/722756 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.