Out-of-bounds read in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-18359

 

Out-of-bounds read in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-18359

Published: December 5, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16273
CSH Severity: Low
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-2018-18359
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 out-of-bounds read in V8. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and cause the browser to crash.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Opensuse
Fedora
chromium-browser (Debian package)
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2018-18359

Update to version 71.0.3578.80.

Google Chrome - update to 71.0.3578.80
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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