Medium severity4.3NVD Advisory· Published Jun 25, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-12716
CVE-2018-12716
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: before mid-July 2018
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- krebsonsecurity.com/2018/06/google-to-fix-location-data-leak-in-google-home-chromecast/nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/vert/googles-newest-feature-find-my-home/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.wired.com/story/chromecast-roku-sonos-dns-rebinding-vulnerability/nvdThird Party Advisory
- medium.com/%40brannondorsey/attacking-private-networks-from-the-internet-with-dns-rebinding-ea7098a2d325nvd
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