Integer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6174
Published: July 27, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14046
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-2018-6174
CWE-ID: CWE-190
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 due to integer overflow in SwiftShader 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.
The weakness exists due to integer overflow in SwiftShader 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.
Affected software
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
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedora
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
chromium
How to mitigate CVE-2018-6174
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
chromium - addressed in versions 68.0.3440.106-3.el7, 68.0.3440.106-3.fc27, 68.0.3440.106-3.fc28
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- 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