CVE-2018-16072

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
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: 2019-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-346

Description

A missing origin check related to HLS manifests in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to bypass same origin policy via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 69.0.3497.81 — fixed in 69.0.3497.81

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 69.0.3497.81. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105215
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/864283
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105215
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/864283
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10

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