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CVE-2018-6160 json

JavaScript alert handling in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-17923

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

JavaScript alert handling in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

  • Google Chrome 68.0.3440.75
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-6160 updated cvss 6.5

chromium-browser: URL spoof in Chrome on iOS

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 chromium-browser
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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

0.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% 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
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