CVE-2018-16073 Security feature bypass in Chrome

What is CVE-2018-16073?

CVE-2018-16073 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 27 Jun 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Insufficient policy enforcement in site isolation in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to bypass site isolation via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-285

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16073?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16073?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-16073 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16073 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-rch7-w8gg-7wqg, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16073.