What is CVE-2018-12716?

CVE-2018-12716 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chromecast, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2018-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2018-12716?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-12716 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Information disclosure in Google Chromecast

CVE-2018-12716

The API service on Google Home and Chromecast devices before mid-July 2018 does not prevent DNS rebinding attacks from reading the scan_results JSON data, which allows remote attackers to determine the physical location of most web browser…

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.007 (48.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

Public proof-of-concept exploits

brannondorsey/cve

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12716?: CVE-2018-12716 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chromecast, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2018-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2018-12716?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12716 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.