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CVE-2017-5124 json

Incorrect application of sandboxing in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts o…

published 2018-02-07 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-14233

cvss
6.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.1%
EPSS 5.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Incorrect application of sandboxing in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via a crafted MHTML page.

Patch / fix

  • google chrome 62.0.3202.62
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.14.04.1204
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.16.04.1308
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.17.10.1380

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5124

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 62.0.3202.62-2.el6_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:2997

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromium Package Hub 12 SP2 63.0.3239.84-40.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2017:3245-1

  • chromium Arch Linux 62.0.3202.62-1

arch linux advisories AVG-456

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-2017-5124 updated cvss 8.8

chromium-browser: uxss with mhtml

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 62.0.3202.62-2.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 62.0.3202.62-2.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 62.0.3202.62-2.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:2997

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

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-45867)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

5.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-45867 Webkit (Chome < 61) - 'MHTML' Universal Cross-site Scripting local, 2017-10-03

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/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 62.0.3202.62

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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