CVE-2017-15408 describes a heap buffer overflow in Google Chrome's Omnibox, specifically affecting versions prior to 63.0.3239.84, and impacting Debian, Google, and Red Hat products. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption through a crafted PDF file mishandled by PDFium, requiring user interaction but offering high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 63.0.3239.84CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.