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CVE-2018-18348 — Incorrect handling of bidirectional domain names with RTL characters in Omnibox

Incorrect handling of bidirectional domain names with RTL characters in Omnibox 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.

CVSS
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EPSS
0.91% (top 24.40%)
CWE
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Published
2018-12-11T15:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-05T11:08:21.450Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

Incorrect handling of bidirectional domain names with RTL characters in Omnibox 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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
GoogleChromeunspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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