CVE-2017-5052
An incorrect assumption about block structure in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.133 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Chrome
Description
An incorrect assumption about block structure in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.133 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 57.0.2987.132 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit memory corruption via a crafted HTML page that triggers improper casting.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 10 months later
· 10 months 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 | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.5% · top 26% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- Inappropriate implementation
- CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs
Affected products
Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.133 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 57.0.2987.132 for Android
- affected Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.133 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 57.0.2987.132 for Android
References (5)
- 97220 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0860 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201704-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_29.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/662767 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-5052)Record last updated .