CVE-2019-13715

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
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: 2019-11-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-290

Description

Insufficient validation of untrusted input in Omnibox in Google Chrome prior to 78.0.3904.70 allowed a remote attacker to perform domain spoofing via IDN homographs via a crafted domain name.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 78.0.3904.70 — fixed in 78.0.3904.70
openSUSE Backports Sle: 15.0-sp1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 78.0.3904.70. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00008.html
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_22.html
https://crbug.com/760855
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00008.html
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_22.html
https://crbug.com/760855

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