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CVE-2017-5090

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-10-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Insufficient Policy Enforcement in Omnibox in Google Chrome prior to 59.0.3071.115 for Mac allowed a remote attacker to perform domain spoofing via a crafted domain name containing a U+0620 character, aka Apple rdar problem 32458012.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 59.0.3071.115 — fixed in 59.0.3071.115

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 59.0.3071.115. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101591
• https://crbug.com/725660
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101591
• https://crbug.com/725660

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