CVE-2017-5070: Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability

High severity, CVSS 8.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2022-06-08. EPSS: 32.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Type confusion 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 execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 59.0.3071.86 (fixed in 59.0.3071.86); before 59.0.3071.92 (fixed in 59.0.3071.92)
• 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 2017-10-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.