What is CVE-2017-15401?

CVE-2017-15401 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2017-15401?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2017-15401 known to be exploited?

8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Out-of-bounds Read in Google Chrome

CVE-2017-15401

A memory corruption bug in WebAssembly could lead to out of bounds read and write through V8 in WebAssembly in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.020 (78.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_MISC)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15401?: CVE-2017-15401 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2017-15401?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-15401 known to be exploited?: 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.