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CVE-2017-5070 Google CVE debrief

CVE-2017-5070 affects Google Chromium V8 and is listed by CISA in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. That KEV listing means defenders should treat patching as urgent and follow vendor update guidance for any affected Chromium/V8 deployments.

Vendor
Google
Product
Chromium V8
CVSS
Unknown
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2022-06-08
Original CVE updated
2022-06-08
Advisory published
2022-06-08
Advisory updated
2022-06-08

Who should care

Security and platform teams responsible for Chromium-based browsers, Chromium/V8 deployments, or products that embed the V8 engine should prioritize this issue, especially where endpoints are exposed to untrusted web content.

Technical summary

The available official records identify this as a type confusion vulnerability in Google Chromium V8. CISA added the CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-06-08 with a remediation due date of 2022-06-22, which elevates its defensive priority. No CVSS score was supplied in the provided corpus.

Defensive priority

Urgent

Recommended defensive actions

  • Apply vendor-recommended updates as soon as possible for affected Chromium/V8 installations.
  • Inventory products and endpoints that embed Chromium or V8 to confirm exposure.
  • Use CISA KEV status to drive remediation priority ahead of routine patch cycles.
  • Verify patch deployment across browsers, applications, and managed endpoints that rely on the affected engine.

Evidence notes

This debrief is based only on the supplied official sources: the CISA KEV catalog entry and the linked official CVE/NVD records. The corpus identifies the issue as Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability, with CISA KEV dateAdded 2022-06-08 and dueDate 2022-06-22. No additional exploit details, severity score, or vendor advisory text were provided.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2017-5070 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5070

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2017-5070 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5070

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.