CVE-2018-6111 — chromium-browser: Heap-use-after-free in DevTools

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HIGH

chromium-browser: Heap-use-after-free in DevTools

Published Jan 9, 2019

8.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 2.58%

Description

An object lifetime issue in the developer tools network handler in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

Vendor Google Product Chrome Default
n/a
- Version
  unspecified
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  <66.0.3359.117

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Google

Chrome

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
unspecified	affected	<66.0.3359.117

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

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.58% 0.02580

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02580

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 (14 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.58% (0.02580)	84.67th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.62% (0.02623)	83.43th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 29, 2025	1.65% (0.01648)	70.51th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Jul 20, 2024	0.49% (0.00489)	76.32th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.49% (0.00489)	75.37th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 8, 2023	0.49% (0.00489)	73.31th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.18% (0.00181)	53.60th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.76% (0.02762)	82.95th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.76% (0.02762)	81.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.76% (0.02762)	62.80th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.56% (0.00564)	13.13th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	0.56% (0.00564)	12.64th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	0.56% (0.00564)	33.69th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	0.56% (0.00564)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

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-2018-6111
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1568791
Issue Tracking
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://crbug.com/780694
x_refsource_MISC
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6111
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-22
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6111
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-2018-6111		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1568791		Issue Tracking
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://crbug.com/780694		x_refsource_MISC
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6111
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-22		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6111
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4182		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN