CVE-2010-3247

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-09-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Google Chrome before 6.0.472.53 does not properly restrict the characters in URLs, which allows remote attackers to spoof the appearance of the URL bar via homographic sequences.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 6.0.472.53 — fixed in 6.0.472.53

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 6.0.472.53. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=37201
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/09/stable-and-beta-channel-updates.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12176
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=37201
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/09/stable-and-beta-channel-updates.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12176

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