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CVE-2018-6177 json

Information leak in media engine in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted H…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-17940

cvss
4.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Information leak in media engine in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

  • Google Chrome 68.0.3440.75
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6177

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  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 68.0.3440.75-1.el6_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:2282

  • 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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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2018-6177 updated cvss 4.3

chromium-browser: Cross origin information leak in Blink

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 68.0.3440.75-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 68.0.3440.75-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 68.0.3440.75-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2282

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Exploit prediction

0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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References

Sources

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