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CVE-2018-17473

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17473 describes a vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 70.0.3538.67, where incorrect handling of confusable characters in the Omnibox allowed a remote attacker to spoof the URL bar via a crafted domain name. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) has a low impact on integrity and requires user interaction, but does not affect confidentiality or availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 70.0.3538.67CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0114 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-17473Moderate

chromium-browser: URL spoof in Omnibox

Oct 16, 2018

References

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
securityfocus.com / bid/105666