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medium 4.3

CVE-2017-5079 json

Inappropriate implementation in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android, all…

published 2017-10-27 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14188

cvss
4.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Inappropriate implementation in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android, allowed a remote attacker to display UI on a non attacker controlled tab via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

  • google chrome 59.0.3071.86, 59.0.3071.92
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.14.04.1186
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.1289

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5079

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 59.0.3071.86-1.el6_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:1399

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromium Package Hub 12 SP2 59.0.3071.86-20.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2017:1501-1openSUSE-SU-2017:1502-1

  • chromium Arch Linux 59.0.3071.86-1

arch linux advisories AVG-289

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-5079 updated cvss 6.5

chromium-browser: ui spoofing in blink

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 59.0.3071.86-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 59.0.3071.86-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 59.0.3071.86-1.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:1399

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • n/a Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.86 for Mac, Windows and Linux, and 59.0.3071.92 for Android

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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