VDB

CVE-2017-5117

CVE-2017-5117 PUBLISHED

Reported by chrome · Published October 27, 2017

Use of an uninitialized value in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Linux and Windows allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.

Fixed versions

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PackageEcosystemFixed in
chromegoogle61.0.3163.79
chromium-browserUbuntu:16.04:LTS61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu0.16.04.1306

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
n/aGoogle Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Linux and WindowsGoogle Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Linux and Windows
n/aGoogle Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.79 for Linux and Windows61.0.3163.79
archchromium0

Timeline

  • Sep 6, 2017 CVE Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Jun 2, 2026 Security Advisory (6 in total, the first dated here)
  • Aug 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
  • Sep 29, 2026 Coalition ESS Score

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The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln CVE-2017-5117
vulnetix vdb fixes CVE-2017-5117

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/CVE-2017-5117/fixes/registry"

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