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Incorrect handling of confusable characters in URL...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 1, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 11, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated Feb 1, 2023

Severity

Moderate
4.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2018-18355

GHSA ID

GHSA-v427-qmw8-4g9c

Source code

No known source code

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