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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2018-18355 json

Incorrect handling of confusable characters in URL Formatter in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the…

published 2018-12-11 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-10086

cvss
4.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • Google Chrome 71.0.3578.80
  • chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 71.0.3578.80-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18355

  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18355

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:3803

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromium Package Hub 12 SP2 71.0.3578.98-80.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2018:4143-1

  • chromium Arch Linux 71.0.3578.80-1

arch linux advisories AVG-824

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-18355 updated cvss 6.5

chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in URL Formatter

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3803

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Technology feeds

References

Sources

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