chromium-browser: Request privilege escalation in Extensions
Published Jun 27, 2019
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.49%
Description
Insufficient data validation in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass navigation restrictions via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Affected products
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- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<68.0.3440.75
- Version
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:68.0.3440.75-1.el6_10
Fixed · RHSA-2018:2282
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:68.0.3440.75-1.el6_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:2282 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.49% (0.00492) | 40.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 0.49% (0.00492) | 41.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00069) | 30.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00069) | 28.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.11% (0.00113) | 44.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.08% (0.00080) | 32.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.26% (0.00258) | 2.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.26% (0.00258) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (6)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16064 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1608204 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://crbug.com/797461 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16064
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16064
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16064 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1608204 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://crbug.com/797461 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16064 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16064 |
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