HIGH
chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in WebGL
Published Jan 9, 2019
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.60%
Description
Improper deserialization in WebGL in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Affected products
-
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<68.0.3440.75
- Version
Configuration 2
- 9.0
Configuration 3
OR
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
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.
8.8 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
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
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
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.
1.60% 0.01601
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01601
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.60% (0.01601) | 74.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.63% (0.01632) | 73.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.61% (0.01610) | 80.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.86% (0.02858) | 77.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.37% (0.01372) | 78.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.88% (0.01881) | 88.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 3, 2024 | 2.05% (0.02055) | 87.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 2.09% (0.02094) | 87.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.12% (0.06117) | 92.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.12% (0.00118) | 0.34th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.12% (0.00118) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (10)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6162 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1608186 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/804123 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6162
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6162
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6162 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1608186 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/804123 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6162 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6162 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Chrome
Published Jan 9, 2019
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Jan 23, 2018
Link CVE-2018-6162
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a