CVE-2018-6166
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.
02 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.
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
- 1.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 72.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2019-01-09 19:00Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 05:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-01-23
- Assigning CNA
- Chrome
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 111826e0146a84d141ca9fa8cd9d349f7d5123d6828109f1a496aade0061c6a8
05 Affected products
06 References
- chromereleases.googleblog.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2282https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201808-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01
- www.debian.orgDSA-4256https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256
- crbug.comhttps://crbug.com/835554
- www.securityfocus.com104887http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
- oxide-qt No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- chromium-browser Fixed in 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.