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CVE-2018-6151

N/A
Published: January 9, 2019 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:01 AM UTC
6 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxChromeEnterprise Linux Desktop· also runs on 3 platforms

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

Bad cast in DevTools in Google Chrome on Win, Linux, Mac, Chrome OS prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
9.0
Chrome· Googlenpm
95%
v < 66.0.3359.117
Affected range stops below 66.0.3359.117, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
apple-macos (environment) · linux-linux-kernel (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment) · google-chrome-os (same device)
Enterprise Linux Desktop· Red Hatrubygems
95%
6.0
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%
6.0
Enterprise Linux Workstation· Red Hatrubygems
95%
6.0
ChromeOS· Googledevice
80%
All versions

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (6)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282
x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
x_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://crbug.com/805905
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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