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CVE-2017-15389 (GCVE-0-2017-15389)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-07 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 19:57
VLAI
Summary
An insufficient watchdog timer in navigation in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Inappropriate implementation
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101482 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/sta… x_refsource_MISC
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4020 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2997 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-24 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://crbug.com/739621 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 Affected: Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62
Date Public
2017-10-17 00:00
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