chromium-browser: URL spoof in Omnibox
Published Jan 9, 2019
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.44%
Description
Incorrect handling of confusable characters in URL Formatter in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to perform domain spoofing via IDN homographs via a crafted domain name.
Affected products
-
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<68.0.3440.75
- Version
Configuration 2
- 9.0
Configuration 3
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:68.0.3440.75-1.el6_10
Fixed · RHSA-2018:2282
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:68.0.3440.75-1.el6_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:2282 |
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:H/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 1, 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 1, 2026 | 1.44% (0.01435) | 72.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 1.76% (0.01759) | 75.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.82% (0.00820) | 82.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | 0.82% (0.00820) | 82.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 3, 2024 | 0.82% (0.00820) | 79.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 19, 2023 | 0.92% (0.00923) | 81.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.92% (0.00916) | 81.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.35% (0.00352) | 67.46th | 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/104887 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6166 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1608190 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/835554 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6166
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6166
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6166 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1608190 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/835554 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6166 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6166 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.