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CVE-2017-5101

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5101 describes an inappropriate implementation in the Omnibox of Google Chrome versions prior to 60.0.3112.78 across Linux, Windows, and Mac operating systems, allowing a remote attacker to spoof its contents via a crafted HTML page. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but could lead to high integrity impact by deceiving users about the true URL. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 60.0.3112.78CPE 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: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/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
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0140 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 26,234 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-0:60.0.3112.78-1.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-5101Moderate

chromium-browser: url spoofing in omnibox

Jul 25, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1833
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2017/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 681740
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201709-15
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3926
securityfocus.com / bid/99950