chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in URL Formatter
Published Dec 11, 2018
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.15%
Description
Incorrect handling of confusable characters in URL Formatter in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted domain name.
Affected products
-
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<71.0.3578.80
- Version
Configuration 2
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
Configuration 3
- 9.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10
Fixed · RHSA-2018:3803
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:3803 |
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.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/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 2, 2026.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.15% (0.01145) | 65.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.15% (0.01145) | 65.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.99% (0.00988) | 83.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 6, 2024 | 0.99% (0.00988) | 83.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 5, 2023 | 1.08% (0.01082) | 82.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 20, 2023 | 1.22% (0.01217) | 83.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01206) | 83.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.78% (0.00778) | 78.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.76% (0.00757) | 20.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.76% (0.00757) | 0.00th | v1 |
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106084 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3803 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18357 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1656571 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/895207 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18357
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18357
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4352 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106084 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3803 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-18357 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1656571 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/895207 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18357 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-18357 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4352 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.