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CVE-2018-16083 json

An out of bounds read in forward error correction code in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to perfor…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-7940

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.3%
EPSS 5.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

An out of bounds read in forward error correction code in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

  • Google Chrome 69.0.3497.81
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16083

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:2666

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-16083 updated cvss 6.5

chromium-browser: Out of bounds read in WebRTC

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2666

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-45444)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

5.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-45444 WebRTC - FEC Out-of-Bounds Read dos, 2018-09-21

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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