Data handling in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6076

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Data handling in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6076

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11578
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-2018-6076
CWE-ID: CWE-19
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 Blink due to incorrect handling of URL fragment identifiers. A remote attacker can 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-2018-6076

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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