CVE-2018-12716

The API service on Google Home and Chromecast devices before mid-July 2018 does not prevent DNS...

4.3 Medium

The API service on Google Home and Chromecast devices before mid-July 2018 does not prevent DNS rebinding attacks from reading the scan_results JSON data, which allows remote attackers to determine the physical location of most web browsers by leveraging the presence of one of these devices on its local network, extracting the scan_results bssid fields, and sending these fields in a geolocation/v1/geolocate Google Maps Geolocation API request.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Adjacent network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.69%Up 0.1 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.3

Record: CVE-2018-12716
CVSS 3.0: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 3.3 LowAV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2018-12716
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2018-4669 No score

Record: EUVD-2018-4669
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8j32-3cqp-g7rx 4.3

The API service on Google Home and Chromecast devices before mid-July 2018 does not prevent DNS...

Record: GHSA-8j32-3cqp-g7rx
CVSS 3.0: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-12716 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Google Chromecast Firmware, published June 25, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.69%, the 52nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.