CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-5015
6.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-02-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 6.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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.
Affected configurations
• google chrome (<= 55.0.2883.87)
Related
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-1007 Insufficient Visual Distinction of Homoglyphs Presented to User weakness
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718 www.securitytracker.com
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html chromereleases.googleblog.com
- https://crbug.com/673971 crbug.com
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66 security.gentoo.org
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html rhn.redhat.com
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718 www.securitytracker.com
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html chromereleases.googleblog.com
- https://crbug.com/673971 crbug.com
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66 security.gentoo.org