Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Feb 17, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-5020

Description

Google Chrome prior to 56.0.2924.76 for Linux, Windows and Mac, and 56.0.2924.87 for Android, failed to require a user gesture for powerful download operations, which allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

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Affected products

Google/Chrome
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=55.0.2883.87
osv-coords2 versions
pkg:rpm/opensuse/chromium&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed pkg:rpm/suse/chromium&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012%20SP2
< 93.0.4577.82-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 93.0.4577.82-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 56.0.2924.87-5.1

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0206.htmlnvd
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3776nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/95792nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037718nvd
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlnvd
crbug.com/668653nvd
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-66nvd

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