Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6149

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Out-of-bounds write in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6149

Published: June 13, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13324
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-2018-6149
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 V8. 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
Arch Linux
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Fedora
Opensuse
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2018-6149

Update to version 67.0.3396.87.

Google Chrome - update to 67.0.3396.87
chromium - addressed in versions 68.0.3440.106-3.el7, 68.0.3440.106-3.fc27, 68.0.3440.106-3.fc28

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