CVE-2017-5015

medium

Description

Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, incorrectly handled Unicode glyphs, which allowed a remote attacker to perform domain spoofing via IDN homographs in a crafted domain name.

References

Advisories
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html

https://crbug.com/673971

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-17

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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