Incorrect handling of confusable characters in URL Formatter in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the…

published 2019-01-09 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-12645

cvss: 6.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 42%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 1

Google Chrome 71.0.3578.80

chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 71.0.3578.80-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20070

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Exploit prediction

0.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 42% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

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:N/I:H/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Technology feeds

Google Chrome rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-20070
NVD CVE-2018-20070

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