CVE-2017-5040

Publication date 10 March 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

V8 in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Mac, Windows, and Linux and 57.0.2987.108 for Android was missing a neutering check, which allowed a remote attacker to read values in memory via a crafted HTML page.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu1.1348
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu1.1348
17.10 artful
Fixed 57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu1.1348
17.04 zesty
Fixed 57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu1.1348
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu0.16.10.1344
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1276
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
libv8 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty Not in release
16.10 yakkety Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
libv8-3.14 18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored libv8 not supported
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored libv8 not supported
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
oxide-qt 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful
Fixed 1.21.5-0ubuntu1
17.04 zesty
Fixed 1.21.5-0ubuntu1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.21.5-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.21.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.21.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Notes

mikesalvatore

The Ubuntu Security Team does not support libv8

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.3 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

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