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CVE-2017-15427
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2018-08-28 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in Omnibox in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 allowed a socially engineered user to XSS themselves by dragging and dropping a javascript: URL into the URL bar.
Affected products
- Debian Linux: 9.0
- Google Chrome: before 63.0.3239.84 — fixed in 63.0.3239.84
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
- RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 63.0.3239.84. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3401
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/768910
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-03
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4064
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3401
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/768910
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-03
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4064
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