CVE-2017-5018: google chrome
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-5018 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.1, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 3Timeline
- 17-02-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, had an insufficiently strict content security policy on the Chrome app launcher page, which allowed a remote attacker to inject scripts or HTML into a privileged page via a crafted HTML page.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.1MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
1.12%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
66%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.12% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Google1 product
- chrome≤ 55.0.2883.87
Ubuntu1 product
- chromium-browser< 58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1172 | < 56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.04.1268
2 vendors · 2 products
References
9 links- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMREPORT
- crbug.com/668665X Refsource CONFIRM
