CVE-2017-5040: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 23.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

V8 in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android was missing a neutering check, which allowed a remote attacker to read values in memory via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Google Chrome: up to and including 57.0.2987.75; up to and including 57.0.2987.100
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only

Published 2017-04-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.