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CVE-2017-15408

28
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0154 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:63.0.3239.84-1.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-15408Important

chromium-browser: heap buffer overflow in pdfium

Dec 6, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:3401
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 762374
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201801-03
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-4064