CVE-2017-5038

Publication date 24 April 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

Chrome Apps in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows, and Mac had a use after free bug in GuestView, which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted Chrome extension.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 17.04 zesty
Fixed 57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu1.1348
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu0.16.10.1344
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1276
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
oxide-qt 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.3 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

Other references

Access our resources on patching vulnerabilities