CVE-2018-12716

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-12716
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-25 02:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:52:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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 browsers by leveraging the presence of one of these devices on its local network, extracting the scan_results bssid fields, and sending these fields in a geolocation/v1/geolocate Google Maps Geolocation API request.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Google Chromecast - All All All
Hardware Google Chromecast - All All All
Operating System Google Chromecast Firmware - All All All
Operating System Google Chromecast Firmware - All All All
Hardware Google Home - All All All
Hardware Google Home - All All All
Operating System Google Home Firmware - All All All
Operating System Google Home Firmware - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Attacking Private Networks from the Internet with DNS Rebinding medium.com
Attacking Private Networks from the Internet with DNS Rebinding MISC medium.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Millions of Google, Roku, and Sonos Devices Are Vulnerable to a Web Attack | WIRED MISC www.wired.com Third Party Advisory
Google to Fix Location Data Leak in Google Home, Chromecast — Krebs on Security MISC krebsonsecurity.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Google’s Newest Feature: Find My Home MISC www.tripwire.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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