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Vulnerability details: VCID-6w5b-4328-fke8
Vulnerability ID VCID-6w5b-4328-fke8
Aliases CVE-2018-6163
Summary Incorrect handling of confusable characters in URL Formatter in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to perform domain spoofing via IDN homographs via a crafted domain name.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.9
Risk 3.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-6163.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-6163
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/849398
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16064
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17460
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-17461
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-4117
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6150
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6151
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6152
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6153
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6154
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6155
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6156
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6157
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6158
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6159
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6161
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6162
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6163
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6164
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6165
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6166
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6167
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6168
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6169
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6170
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6171
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6172
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6173
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6174
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6175
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6176
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6177
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6178
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6179
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887
1608187 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1608187
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2018-6163 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6163
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-6163.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6163
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6163
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.75599
EPSS Score 0.00963
Published At July 30, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T10:00:15.461122+00:00 NVD Importer Import https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6163 37.0.0