# CVE-2017-5124: Incorrect application of sandboxing in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2018-02-07 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62: Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62

## Description

Incorrect application of sandboxing in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 62.0.3202.62 allowed a remote attacker to inject arbitrary scripts or HTML (UXSS) via a crafted MHTML page.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Google Chrome, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101482
- https://www.reddit.com/r/netsec/comments/7cus2h/chrome_61_uxss_exploit_cve20175124/
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/762930
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4020
- https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/4558c2885e618557a674660aff57404d25537070
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2997
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-24
- https://github.com/Bo0oM/CVE-2017-5124
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45867

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