CVE-2018-16079
A race condition between permission prompts and navigations in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to...
5.3 MediumFix available
A race condition between permission prompts and navigations in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
1.07%Up 0.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A race condition between permission prompts and navigations in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.
- Record
CVE-2018-16079- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 Low
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A race condition between permission prompts and navigations in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.
- Record
CVE-2018-16079- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-7936 No score
A race condition between permission prompts and navigations in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.
- Record
EUVD-2018-7936- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m25p-grqc-cm46
A race condition between permission prompts and navigations in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to...
A race condition between permission prompts and navigations in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.
- Record
GHSA-m25p-grqc-cm46- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-362
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2018:2666
Red Hat Security Advisory: chromium-browser security update
- Record
RHSA-2018:2666- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-16079
A race condition between permission prompts and navigations in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16079- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1 No score
chromedriver-93.0.4577.82-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the chromedriver-93.0.4577.82-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 No score
ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
chromium-browserDebian:9 From an advisory covering 25 CVEs |
before 69.0.3497.81-1~deb9u1, plus listed versions 59.0.3071.104-159.0.3071.86-160.0.3112.72-160.0.3112.78-160.0.3112.78-1~deb9u1 Show 45 moreShow less61.0.3163.100-161.0.3163.100-1~deb9u161.0.3163.100-262.0.3202.75-162.0.3202.75-1~deb9u162.0.3202.89-162.0.3202.89-1~deb9u163.0.3239.30-163.0.3239.40-163.0.3239.84-163.0.3239.84-1~deb9u164.0.3282.119-164.0.3282.119-1~deb9u164.0.3282.119-265.0.3325.146-165.0.3325.146-265.0.3325.146-365.0.3325.146-465.0.3325.73-165.0.3325.74-166.0.3359.117-166.0.3359.117-1~deb9u166.0.3359.139-166.0.3359.181-166.0.3359.22-166.0.3359.22-266.0.3359.22-366.0.3359.26-166.0.3359.26-267.0.3396.48-167.0.3396.56-167.0.3396.57-167.0.3396.62-167.0.3396.62-267.0.3396.79-167.0.3396.79-267.0.3396.87-167.0.3396.87-1~deb9u168.0.3440.17-168.0.3440.25-168.0.3440.33-168.0.3440.42-168.0.3440.7-168.0.3440.75-168.0.3440.75-1~deb9u1 |
69.0.3497.81-1~deb9u1 |
chromium-browserRed Hat:rhel_extras:6 From an advisory covering 23 CVEs |
before 0:69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10 | 0:69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10 |
chromium-browser-debuginfoRed Hat:rhel_extras:6 From an advisory covering 23 CVEs |
before 0:69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10 | 0:69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10 |
chromium-browserUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, plus listed versions 45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu1.120147.0.2526.73-0ubuntu1.121847.0.2526.106-0ubuntu1.122148.0.2564.82-0ubuntu1.122248.0.2564.116-0ubuntu1.1229 Show 34 moreShow less49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu1.123249.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.123350.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.123751.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.124252.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125053.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125453.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125755.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.126356.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.04.126857.0.2987.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.127658.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.127758.0.3029.96-0ubuntu0.16.04.127958.0.3029.110-0ubuntu0.16.04.128159.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.128959.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.129160.0.3112.78-0ubuntu0.16.04.129360.0.3112.113-0ubuntu0.16.04.129861.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.130061.0.3163.100-0ubuntu0.16.04.130662.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.16.04.130862.0.3202.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.131362.0.3202.89-0ubuntu0.16.04.131562.0.3202.94-0ubuntu0.16.04.131763.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.163.0.3239.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.164.0.3282.119-0ubuntu0.16.04.164.0.3282.140-0ubuntu0.16.04.164.0.3282.167-0ubuntu0.16.04.165.0.3325.181-0ubuntu0.16.04.166.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.16.04.366.0.3359.181-0ubuntu0.16.04.167.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.16.04.268.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.168.0.3440.106-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
oxide-qtUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.9.5-0ubuntu11.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.11.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.21.11.3-0ubuntu31.11.4-0ubuntu1 Show 17 moreShow less1.11.5-0ubuntu11.12.5-0ubuntu11.12.6-0ubuntu11.12.7-0ubuntu11.13.6-0ubuntu11.14.7-0ubuntu11.14.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.15.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.15.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.16.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.17.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.17.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.18.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.19.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.21.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
None known |
chromium-browserUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
before 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, plus listed versions 61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu1.137862.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.17.10.138062.0.3202.89-0ubuntu1.138662.0.3202.94-0ubuntu1.138863.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1 Show 11 moreShow less63.0.3239.108-0ubuntu164.0.3282.119-0ubuntu164.0.3282.140-0ubuntu164.0.3282.167-0ubuntu165.0.3325.146-0ubuntu165.0.3325.181-0ubuntu166.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.366.0.3359.181-0ubuntu0.18.04.167.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0.3440.106-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 1081 CVEs |
before 93.0.4577.82-1.1 | 93.0.4577.82-1.1 |
chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 2310 CVEs |
before 113.0.5672.92-1.1 | 113.0.5672.92-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-16079 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Google Chrome, published September 7, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.07%, the 65th percentile. Fixed in chromium-browser 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.
References
securityfocus.com/bid/105215
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10
crbug.com/723503
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16079
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github.com/advisories/GHSA-m25p-grqc-cm46
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1625466
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2018/rhsa-2018_2666.json
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16065
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16079
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-11215
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