CVE-2018-17460 — Insufficient data validation in filesystem URIs in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted domain name

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MEDIUM

Insufficient data validation in filesystem URIs in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted domain name

Published Jun 27, 2019

6.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.63%

Description

Insufficient data validation in filesystem URIs in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted domain name.

Affected products

Vendor Google Product Chrome Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <68.0.3440.75

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Google

Chrome

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<68.0.3440.75

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.63% 0.00634

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00634

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.63% (0.00634)	48.54th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.63% (0.00634)	48.97th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.10% (0.00105)	43.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 8, 2023	0.10% (0.00105)	42.74th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.18% (0.00183)	54.88th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.13% (0.00129)	45.87th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.32% (0.00324)	2.86th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.32% (0.00324)	0.00th	v1