Memory leak in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6177

Vulnerability identifier: #VU14058

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6177

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The weakness exists due to cross origin information leak in Blink. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and gain access to arbitrary data.

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