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CVE-2017-5040

Published: 10 March 2017

V8 in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android was missing a neutering check, which allowed a remote attacker to read values in memory via a crafted HTML page.

Notes

AuthorNote
mikesalvatore
The Ubuntu Security Team does not support libv8

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.3

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
chromium-browser
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (57.0.2987.98)
precise Ignored

trusty
Released (58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172)
xenial
Released (57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1276)
yakkety
Released (57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu0.16.10.1344)
zesty
Released (57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu1.1348)
artful
Released (57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu1.1348)
bionic
Released (57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu1.1348)
cosmic
Released (57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu1.1348)
libv8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Ignored
(end of life)
artful Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needed

xenial Does not exist

yakkety Does not exist

zesty Does not exist

libv8-3.14
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Ignored
(libv8 not supported)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [libv8 not supported])
upstream Needed

xenial Ignored
(libv8 not supported)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
oxide-qt
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (1.21.5-0ubuntu1)
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (1.21.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
upstream
Released (1.21.5)
xenial
Released (1.21.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
yakkety
Released (1.21.5-0ubuntu0.16.10.1)
zesty
Released (1.21.5-0ubuntu1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.3
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N