WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, failed to perform proper bounds…

Description

WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, failed to perform proper bounds checking, which allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.4% · top 27% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.

Weakness

• heap buffer overflow
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android

  • affected Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android

References (7)

• 95792 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-201701-66 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• RHSA-2017:0206 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://crbug.com/667504 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 1037718 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• DSA-3776 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 14:47 UTC.