First published: Wed Oct 17 2018(Updated: )
An url spoof flaw was found in the Omnibox component of the Chromium browser. Upstream bug(s): <a href="https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=887273">https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=887273</a> External References: <a href="https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html">https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html</a>
Credit: cve-coordination@google.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Google Chrome | <70.0.3538.67 | |
Redhat Linux Desktop | =6.0 | |
Redhat Linux Server | =6.0 | |
Redhat Linux Workstation | =6.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
debian/chromium-browser |
Sign up to SecAlerts for real-time vulnerability data matched to your software, aggregated from hundreds of sources.
The severity of CVE-2018-17464 is high.
CVE-2018-17464 affects Google Chrome versions prior to 70.0.3538.67 on iOS.
Yes, a remote attacker can exploit CVE-2018-17464 to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar).
Yes, updating Google Chrome to version 70.0.3538.67 or later will fix CVE-2018-17464.
You can find more information about CVE-2018-17464 on SecurityFocus, Red Hat, and the Google Chrome Releases blog.