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.

Related CVEs

CVE-2017-5040

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-2gmm-8x35-3cmg

Published

April 30, 2022 12:02 AM

Last Modified

April 30, 2022 12:02 AM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: August 1, 2025 6:44 AM

Data from GitHub Advisory Database. This information is provided for research and educational purposes.