High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 17, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-5012

Description

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.

Affected products

Google/Chrome
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=55.0.2883.87

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.htmlnvd
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718nvd
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlnvd
crbug.com/681843nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66nvd

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