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CVE-2017-15420 json

Incorrect handling of back navigations in error pages in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 allowed a remote attacker to spo…

published 2018-08-28 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-6872

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 75%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Incorrect handling of back navigations in error pages in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

  • Google Chrome 63.0.3239.84
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15420

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 63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:3401

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromium Package Hub 12 SP2, Package Hub 12 64.0.3282.119-46.2
  • re2 Package Hub 12 SP2, Package Hub 12 20180101-5.1
  • chromium Package Hub 12 SP2 63.0.3239.84-40.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2018:0313-1openSUSE-SU-2017:3245-1

  • chromium Arch Linux 63.0.3239.84-1

arch linux advisories AVG-544

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-2017-15420 updated cvss 6.5

chromium-browser: url spoofing in omnibox

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2017:3401

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

1.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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