Memory leak in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6137

 

Memory leak in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6137

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13083
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6137
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Chrome

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to leak of visited status of page in Blink. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and gain access to arbitrary data.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-6137

Update to version 67.0.3396.62.

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