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CVE-2018-17472 (GCVE-0-2018-17472)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-11-14 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:47
VLAI
Summary
Incorrect handling of googlechrome:// URL scheme on iOS in Intents in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker to escape the <iframe> sandbox via a crafted HTML page.
Severity
9.6 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Insufficient policy enforcement
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://crbug.com/822518 x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/sta… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105666 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Google Chrome Affected: unspecified , < 70.0.3538.67 (custom)
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Date Public
2018-11-14 00:00
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