vulnerability

Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2017-5038 Use after free in GuestView

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 24, 2017
Added
May 1, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

Chrome Apps in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows, and Mac had a use after free bug in GuestView, which allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted Chrome extension.

Solution

google-chrome-upgrade-latest
Title
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