CVE-2017-5118 describes a vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 61.0.3163.79 (Mac, Windows, Linux) and 61.0.3163.81 (Android), where Content Security Policy (CSP) restrictions were not properly applied to JavaScript scheme pages, allowing remote attackers to bypass CSP via a crafted HTML page. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to information disclosure (I:L), but does not impact confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 61.0.3163.79CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 61.0.3163.81CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.