Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 sends an https URL in the Referer header of an http request in certain circumstances involving https to http redirection, which allows remote HTTP servers to obtain potentially sensitive information via standard HTTP logging
Published Feb 18, 2010
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.76%
Description
Google Chrome before 4.0.249.78 sends an https URL in the Referer header of an http request in certain circumstances involving https to http redirection, which allows remote HTTP servers to obtain potentially sensitive information via standard HTTP logging.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 4.0.249.0
- 0.2.149.27
- 0.2.149.29
- 0.2.149.30
- 0.2.152.1
- 0.2.153.1
- 0.3.154.0
- 0.3.154.3
- 0.4.154.18
- 0.4.154.22
- 0.4.154.31
- 0.4.154.33
- 1.0.154.36
- 1.0.154.39
- 1.0.154.42
- 1.0.154.43
- 1.0.154.46
- 1.0.154.48
- 1.0.154.52
- 1.0.154.53
- 1.0.154.59
- 1.0.154.65
- 2.0.156.1
- 2.0.157.0
- 2.0.157.2
- 2.0.158.0
- 2.0.159.0
- 2.0.169.0
- 2.0.169.1
- 2.0.170.0
- 2.0.172
- 2.0.172.2
- 2.0.172.8
- 2.0.172.27
- 2.0.172.28
- 2.0.172.30
- 2.0.172.31
- 2.0.172.33
- 2.0.172.37
- 2.0.172.38
- 3.0.182.2
- 3.0.190.2
- 3.0.193.2
- 3.0.195.21
- 3.0.195.24
- 3.0.195.32
- 3.0.195.33
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.76% (0.00756) | 53.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.76% (0.00756) | 50.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.18% (0.00177) | 36.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00185) | 57.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 28, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00185) | 55.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.18% (0.00185) | 53.96th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (5)
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=29920 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/01/stable-channel-update_25.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023506 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/chromium-security-bugs x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14247 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=29920 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/01/stable-channel-update_25.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1023506 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://sites.google.com/a/chromium.org/dev/Home/chromium-security/chromium-security-bugs | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14247 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
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