chromium-browser: Restrictions bypass in the debugger extension API
Published Jan 9, 2019
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.64%
Description
Allowing the chrome.debugger API to attach to Web UI pages in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 67.0.3396.62 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Affected products
-
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<67.0.3396.62
- Version
Configuration 2
- 9.0
Configuration 3
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9
Fixed · RHSA-2018:1815
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:1815 |
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:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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
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- EPSS v3
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- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.64% (0.02644) | 85.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.64% (0.02644) | 83.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.38% (0.01383) | 78.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.79% (0.03791) | 79.90th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 1.23% (0.01229) | 85.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 3, 2024 | 1.23% (0.01229) | 83.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 1.25% (0.01253) | 83.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.30% (0.00299) | 64.63th | 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 | 1.12% (0.01123) | 29.53th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.12% (0.01123) | 28.89th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.12% (0.01123) | 66.79th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.12% (0.01123) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (10)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104309 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041014 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1815 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6140 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1584051 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_58.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/798222 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6140
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6140
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4237 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104309 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041014 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1815 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6140 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1584051 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_58.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/798222 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6140 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6140 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4237 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
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