# CVE-2017-5030: Incorrect handling of complex species in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows, and Mac and 57.0.2987.108 for Android

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2022-06-08, remediation due 2022-06-22
- Published: 2017-04-24 · Updated: 2025-10-21

## Summary

Google Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine, on desktop (Linux, Windows, Mac) and Android, is affected by this flaw. A remote attacker could exploit it by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted web page, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution on the user's device.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- n/a Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 57.0.2987.108 for Android: Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 57.0.2987.108 for Android

## Description

Incorrect handling of complex species in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 57.0.2987.98 for Linux, Windows, and Mac and 57.0.2987.108 for Android allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Google Chrome, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [CISA KEV entries](https://cve.now/kev.md) · [Google Chrome](https://cve.now/tech/chrome.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201704-02
- https://crbug.com/682194
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3810
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96767
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-126/

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