THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-6849
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2018-6849

Duckduckgo vulnerability

CVSS
4.3
EPSS
30.1%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
In the WebRTC component in DuckDuckGo 4.2.0, after visiting a web site that attempts to gather complete client information (such as https://ip.voidsec.com), the browser can disclose a private IP address in a STUN request.
Affected vendor
Duckduckgo
Affected product
Duckduckgo
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2018-04-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to low impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 30.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-6849

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