CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-12716
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-06-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 3.3 LOW — AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
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 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.
Affected configurations
• google chromecast firmware
• google home firmware
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/06/google-to-fix-location-data-leak-in-google-home-chromecast/ Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/%40brannondorsey/attacking-private-networks-from-the-internet-with-dns-rebinding-ea7098a2d325 medium.com
- https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vert/googles-newest-feature-find-my-home/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wired.com/story/chromecast-roku-sonos-dns-rebinding-vulnerability/ Third Party Advisory
- https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/06/google-to-fix-location-data-leak-in-google-home-chromecast/ Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/%40brannondorsey/attacking-private-networks-from-the-internet-with-dns-rebinding-ea7098a2d325 medium.com
- https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vert/googles-newest-feature-find-my-home/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.wired.com/story/chromecast-roku-sonos-dns-rebinding-vulnerability/ Third Party Advisory