CVE-2017-5101 — chromium-browser: url spoofing in omnibox

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MEDIUM

chromium-browser: url spoofing in omnibox

Published Oct 27, 2017

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 1.40%

Description

Inappropriate implementation in Omnibox in Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for Linux, Windows, and Mac allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for Linux, Windows and Mac Default
n/a
- Version
  Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for Linux, Windows and Mac
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for Linux, Windows and Mac

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for Linux, Windows and Mac	affected	-

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary

chromium-browser-0:60.0.3112.78-1.el6_9

Fixed · RHSA-2017:1833

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary	chromium-browser-0:60.0.3112.78-1.el6_9	Fixed	RHSA-2017:1833

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.40% 0.01395

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01395

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.40% (0.01395)	71.40th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	1.40% (0.01395)	71.18th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.75% (0.00749)	81.18th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 16, 2024	0.75% (0.00749)	81.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 31, 2024	0.75% (0.00749)	79.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 8, 2023	1.06% (0.01060)	82.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.43% (0.00431)	71.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.53% (0.00527)	73.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.32% (0.01319)	71.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.32% (0.01319)	44.98th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	1.26% (0.01259)	30.64th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	1.26% (0.01259)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (10)

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3926
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99950
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1833
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5101
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475203
Issue Tracking
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
x_refsource_MISC
https://crbug.com/681740
x_refsource_MISC
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5101
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-15
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5101

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3926		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99950		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1833		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5101		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1475203		Issue Tracking
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html		x_refsource_MISC
https://crbug.com/681740		x_refsource_MISC
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5101
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-15		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5101