CVE-2017-5014
Heap buffer overflow during image processing in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Chrome
Description
Heap buffer overflow during image processing in Skia 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 perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 46 days later
· 46 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.3.
Weakness
- heap buffer overflow
- CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs
Affected products
Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android
- affected Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android
References (7)
- 95792 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-66 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0206 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/675332 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1037718 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-3776 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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