Type confusion in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6170

Vulnerability identifier: #VU14044

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6170

CWE-ID: CWE-843

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to type confusion in PDFium when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.

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

Update to version 68.0.3440.75.

Google Chrome - update to 68.0.3440.75
chromium - addressed in versions 68.0.3440.106-3.el7, 68.0.3440.106-3.fc27, 68.0.3440.106-3.fc28

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
• Debian update for chromium-browser
• SUSE Linux update for chromium
• OpenSUSE Linux update for Chromium
• Red Hat update for Google Chrome
• Gentoo update for Chromium, Google Chrome
• Fedora 27 update for chromium
• Fedora 28 update for chromium
• Fedora EPEL 7 update for chromium