01 Record

CVE-2018-12716

The API service on Google Home and Chromecast devices before mid-July 2018 does not prevent DNS rebinding attacks from reading the scan_results JSON data, which allows remote attackers to determine

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

The API service on Google Home and Chromecast devices before mid-July 2018 does not prevent DNS rebinding attacks from reading the scan_results JSON data, which allows remote attackers to determine

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 0.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 52.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 4.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2018-06-25 02:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-09-17 01:15Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-06-24

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ce704abf99903489a26ac3946946c2c6e46b7a9931e70ad07f18ca5e23692b26

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

googlechromecastNot specified—

googlechromecast_firmwareNot specified—

googlehomeNot specified—

googlehome_firmwareNot specified—

06 References

krebsonsecurity.comhttps://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/06/google-to-fix-location-data-leak-in-google-home-chromecast/x_refsource_MISC
medium.comhttps://medium.com/%40brannondorsey/attacking-private-networks-from-the-internet-with-dns-rebinding-ea7098a2d325x_refsource_MISC
www.wired.comhttps://www.wired.com/story/chromecast-roku-sonos-dns-rebinding-vulnerability/x_refsource_MISC
www.tripwire.comhttps://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vert/googles-newest-feature-find-my-home/x_refsource_MISC