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CVE-2018-6122 json

Type confusion in WebAssembly in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.139 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via…

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-17885

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Type confusion in WebAssembly in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.139 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

  • Google Chrome 66.0.3359.139
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 66.0.3359.181-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 66.0.3359.181-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6122

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 66.0.3359.170-1.el6_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:1446

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromium Package Hub 12 SP2 66.0.3359.181-55.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2018:1175-1openSUSE-SU-2018:1437-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-6122 updated cvss 8.8

chromium-browser: Type confusion in V8

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 66.0.3359.170-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 66.0.3359.170-1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 66.0.3359.170-1.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1446

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/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
  • CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type
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Sources

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