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01 Record

CVE-2017-5121

Inappropriate use of JIT optimisation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.100 for Linux, Windows, and Mac allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: Chrome
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

Inappropriate use of JIT optimisation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.100 for Linux, Windows, and Mac allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
5.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 92.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2017-10-27 05:00Z9 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 14:47Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2017-01-02
Assigning CNA
Chrome
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
  • CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
497f7cb073021509af7e56fa027cc24dc4a92a0b15ef5c46aecdd6a13d2289d0

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
n/aGoogle Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.100 for Linux, Windows and MacGoogle Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.100 for Linux, Windows and Mac—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

  • chromium
    Fixed in 61.0.3163.100-1

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

  • chromium-browser
    Fixed in 61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu0.14.04.1202

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • chromium-browser
    Fixed in 61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu0.16.04.1306
  • libv8-3.14
    No fix yet
  • oxide-qt
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • chromium-browser
    Fixed in 61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu1.1378
  • libv8-3.14
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.