V8 in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android had insufficient policy enforcement,…

Description

V8 in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android had insufficient policy enforcement, which allowed a remote attacker to spoof the location object via a crafted HTML page, related to Blink information disclosure.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• insufficient policy enforcement

Affected products

• Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 57.0.2987.108 for Android

  • affected Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 57.0.2987.108 for Android

References (6)

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-201704-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• https://crbug.com/680409 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-3810 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 96767 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2017:0499 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2017-5046](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2017-5046.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2017-5046)

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