CVE-2017-5070
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…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 32.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.7% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 8 Jun 2022
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability.
- Added
- 8 Jun 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 22 Jun 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 8 Jun 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Chrome
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 3 years later
· 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 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)
- 32.1% · top 1.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android
- affected Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android
References
7
- 98861 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://crbug.com/722756 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:1399 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1038622 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- GLSA-201706-20 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-5070 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-14179 (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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