Improper resource shutdown in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6068

 

Improper resource shutdown in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6068

Published: April 5, 2018 / Updated: June 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11567
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6068
CWE-ID: CWE-404
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to object lifetime issues. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome

How to mitigate CVE-2018-6068

Update to version 65.0.3325.146.

Google Chrome - update to 65.0.3325.146
www-client/chromium - update to 65.0.3325.146
www-client/google-chrome - update to 65.0.3325.146

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