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CVE-2018-18358 json

Lack of special casing of localhost in WPAD files in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed an attacker on the local network segment t…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-10089

cvss
5.7
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 38%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Lack of special casing of localhost in WPAD files in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed an attacker on the local network segment to proxy resources on localhost via a crafted WPAD file.

Patch / fix

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

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-18358

  • 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-2018-18358

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

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-18358 updated cvss 6.5

chromium-browser: Insufficient policy enforcement in Proxy

  • 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

0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.9 AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
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References

Sources

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