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CVE-2018-6038

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-09-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap buffer overflow in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• Google Chrome: before 64.0.3282.119 — fixed in 64.0.3282.119
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 64.0.3282.119. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102797
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040282
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0265
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
• https://crbug.com/774174
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4103
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102797
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040282
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0265
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
• https://crbug.com/774174
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4103

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