CVE-2018-17473

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2018-17473 · Published 14/11/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-17473 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting chrome (google).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 66.3% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 70.0.3538.67 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chrome google	`< 70.0.3538.67`	`70.0.3538.67`

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.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/105666
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com/882078
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10
debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4330

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

chrome

google

< 70.0.3538.67

70.0.3538.67

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