Insufficient validation of untrusted input in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 59.0.3071.92 for…

Description

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.2% · top 18% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.

Weakness

• Out-of-bounds Read
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-20

Affected products

• Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android

  • affected Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android

References (6)

• 98861 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• RHSA-2017:1399 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 1038622 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• GLSA-201706-20 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://crbug.com/715582 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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.