CVE-2017-5121: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 5.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Inappropriate use of JIT optimisation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 61.0.3163.100 for Linux, Windows, and Mac allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page, related to the escape analysis phase.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 9.0 only; version 10.0 only
• Google Chrome: before 61.0.3163.100 (fixed in 61.0.3163.100)
• 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 2017-10-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.