CVE-2017-5092
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in PPAPI Plugins in Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for Windows allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Insufficient validation of untrusted input in PPAPI Plugins in Google Chrome prior to 60.0.3112.78 for Windows allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.43% probability · 73th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- google/chrome · debian/debian linux
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 1.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3926
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99950
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1833
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/733549
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-15
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3926
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99950
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1833
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/733549
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-15
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.