Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-18335

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Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-18335

Published: December 5, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16246
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-2018-18335
CWE-ID: CWE-122
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 heap-based buffer overflow in Skia when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Firefox ESR
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Slackware Linux
Opensuse
Fedora
SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise
Mozilla Thunderbird
firefox-esr (Alpine package)
chromium-browser (Debian package)
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2018-18335

Update to version 71.0.3578.80.

Google Chrome - update to 71.0.3578.80
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 60.5.1
Firefox ESR - update to 60.5.1
firefox-esr (Alpine package) - update to 60.5.2-r0
chromium-browser (Debian package) - update to 71.0.3578.80-1~deb9u1
chromium - addressed in versions 71.0.3578.98-1.fc28, 71.0.3578.98-1.fc29

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