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CVE-2017-15391

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15391 describes an insufficient policy enforcement vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 62.0.3202.62, affecting various Debian and Google Chrome products. This flaw allowed a remote attacker, via a crafted HTML page, to access extension pages without proper authorization. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high integrity impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No) and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 62.0.3202.62CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0133 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:62.0.3202.62-2.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-15391Low

chromium-browser: extension limitation bypass in extensions

Oct 17, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2997
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2017/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 598265
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201710-24
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-4020
securityfocus.com / bid/101482