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CVE-2017-5041

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5041 describes a vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 57.0.2987.100, where improper handling of back-forward navigation allowed a remote attacker to display incorrect information via a crafted HTML page. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a network-based attack requiring user interaction, with a low impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules like Metasploit or Nuclei. While there's minimal community discussion and media coverage, its low EPSS and FAUCET Risk Score suggest a limited threat landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 57.0.2987.98CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0118 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 26,221 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-0:57.0.2987.98-1.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5041Moderate

chromium-browser: address spoofing in omnibox

Mar 9, 2017

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017-0499.html
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2017/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 642490
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201704-02
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3810
securityfocus.com / bid/96767