CVE-2018-17473
N/A
Published: November 14, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:45 AM UTC
5 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxChromeLinux Desktop
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
Incorrect handling of confusable characters in Omnibox in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted domain name.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 70.0.3538.67
Affected range stops below 70.0.3538.67, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4330Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo
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