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CVE-2017-5012

Publication date 27 January 2017

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

A heap buffer overflow in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu2.1343
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu2.1343
17.10 artful
Fixed 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu2.1343
17.04 zesty
Fixed 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu2.1343
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.10.1335
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.04.1268
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
libv8 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
libv8-3.14 18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored libv8 not supported
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored libv8 not supported
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
oxide-qt 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful
Fixed 1.20.4-0ubuntu1
17.04 zesty
Fixed 1.20.4-0ubuntu1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.20.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Notes

mikesalvatore

The Ubuntu Security Team does not support libv8

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3180-1
    • Oxide vulnerabilities
    • 8 February 2017

Other references