Stack-based buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6069

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Stack-based buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6069

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11568
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-2018-6069
CWE-ID: CWE-121
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 in Skia due to stack-based buffer overflow. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
SUSE Linux
Fedora
qt5-qtwebengine
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome

How to mitigate CVE-2018-6069

Update to version 65.0.3325.146.

Google Chrome - update to 65.0.3325.146
qt5-qtwebengine - addressed in versions 5.10.1-4.fc26, 5.10.1-4.fc27, 5.10.1-4.fc28
www-client/chromium - update to 65.0.3325.146
www-client/google-chrome - update to 65.0.3325.146

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