Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6130

 

Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6130

Published: May 31, 2018 / Updated: June 6, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13077
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6130
CWE-ID: CWE-787
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to out-of-bounds write in WebRTC. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedora
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
openSUSE Leap
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2018-6130

Update to version 67.0.3396.62.

Google Chrome - update to 67.0.3396.62
chromium - addressed in versions 67.0.3396.79-1.el7, 67.0.3396.79-1.fc27, 67.0.3396.79-1.fc28

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