CVE-2017-5117

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Published 2017-10-27 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201709-1

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed61.0.3163.79-1
linux linux-kernel-not-affected
debian debian9.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gcp googlechrome{"endExcluding":"61.0.3163.79"}61.0.3163.79

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.