Integer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6072

 

Integer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6072

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11571
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-2018-6072
CWE-ID: CWE-190
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 PDFium due to integer overflow. A remote attacker can trigger buffer overflow 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
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome

How to mitigate CVE-2018-6072

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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