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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2018-6112 Incorrect URL handling in DevTools

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Google Chrome Vulnerability: CVE-2018-6112 Incorrect URL handling in DevTools

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
01/09/2019
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/01/2019
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

Making URLs clickable and allowing them to be styled in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted HTML page.

Solution(s)

  • google-chrome-upgrade-latest

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