A missing origin check related to HLS manifests in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to bypass same or…

published 2019-01-09 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-7929

cvss: 6.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits: 0; none known

A missing origin check related to HLS manifests in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to bypass same origin policy via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 1

Google Chrome 69.0.3497.81

chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16072

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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-2018-16072 updated 2026-11-05 cvss 6.5

chromium-browser: Cross origin pixel leak in Chrome's interaction with Android's MediaPlayer

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 chromium-browser
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness

CWE-346 Origin Validation Error

Technology feeds

Google Chrome rss critical rss

References

security.gentoo.org /glsa/201811-10
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/105215
vdb-entry
crbug.com /864283
chromereleases.googleblog.com /2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-16072
NVD CVE-2018-16072

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Summary