CVE-2017-15425 Other in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 unknown

What is CVE-2017-15425?

CVE-2017-15425 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 28 Aug 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Insufficient policy enforcement in Omnibox in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 allowed a remote attacker to perform domain spoofing via IDN homographs in a crafted domain name.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-15425?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2017-15425?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-15425 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-15425 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux

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• CVE-2025-49113 RoundCube Webmail Deserialization of Untrusted Data Exploited Critical 9.9
• CVE-2026-24061 GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-39682 Linux Kernel Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-9680 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.8

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-9g29-gvv8-6mwc, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15425.