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 v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18359
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Chrome

Detailed vulnerability description

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.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-18359

Update to version 71.0.3578.80.

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