HIGH
chromium-browser: Insufficient protection of remote debugging prototol in DevTools
Published Dec 4, 2018
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.66%
Description
A lack of host validation in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page, if the user is running a remote DevTools debugging server.
Affected products
-
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<66.0.3359.117
- Version
Configuration 1
OR
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
Configuration 2
OR
- 8.0
- 9.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:66.0.3359.117-1.el6_9
Fixed · RHSA-2018:1195
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:66.0.3359.117-1.el6_9 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:1195 |
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
6.5 MEDIUM Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
5.1 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.66% 0.02658
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02658
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.66% (0.02658) | 85.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.66% (0.02658) | 83.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.15% (0.02152) | 82.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.14% (0.04142) | 80.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.84% (0.01836) | 81.75th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 8.25% (0.08246) | 94.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 13, 2024 | 8.25% (0.08246) | 94.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 18, 2024 | 11.17% (0.11173) | 95.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 28, 2023 | 14.72% (0.14722) | 95.23th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 14.96% (0.14957) | 95.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 1.01% (0.01010) | 81.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.76% (0.00761) | 78.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.79% (0.05786) | 90.42th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.79% (0.05786) | 89.47th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.79% (0.05786) | 77.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.33% (0.01327) | 31.27th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.33% (0.01327) | 30.62th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.33% (0.01327) | 69.75th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.33% (0.01327) | 0.00th | v1 |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103917 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1195 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6101 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1568779 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/813540 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6101
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-22 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6101
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4182 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103917 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1195 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6101 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1568779 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/813540 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6101 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-22 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6101 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4182 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Chrome
Published Dec 4, 2018
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 23, 2018
Link CVE-2018-6101
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a