CVE-2017-5007
Blink in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, incorrectly handled the sequence of events when closing a page, which allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via a…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Blink in Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, incorrectly handled the sequence of events when closing a page, which allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via a crafted HTML page.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.27% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- google/chrome
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS moved from 3.8% on 21 September 2026 to 2.3% on 27 October 2026.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/671102
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/671102
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.