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CVE-2017-5079

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5079 describes an inappropriate implementation in Google Chrome's Blink engine, affecting versions prior to 59.0.3071.86 on Mac, Windows, and Linux, and 59.0.3071.92 on Android. This vulnerability allowed a remote attacker to display UI elements on a non-attacker-controlled tab through a crafted HTML page. Rated as Medium severity with a CVSS score of 4.3, it requires user interaction (UI:R) and has a low impact on integrity (I:L), meaning it could mislead users but not directly compromise data. There is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV: No), no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None), and while it garnered some community discussion and media coverage, it is not considered a high-risk threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 59.0.3071.86CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 59.0.3071.92CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
68.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0135 is in the 81st 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-0:59.0.3071.86-1.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5079Moderate

chromium-browser: ui spoofing in blink

Jun 5, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1399
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2017/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 713686
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201706-20
securityfocus.com / bid/98861
securitytracker.com / id/1038622