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CVE-2018-6056

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-704

Description

Type confusion could lead to a heap out-of-bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.168 allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• Google Chrome: before 64.0.3282.168 — fixed in 64.0.3282.168
• 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 64.0.3282.168. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103003
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0334
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
• https://crbug.com/806388
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4182
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103003
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0334
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html
• https://crbug.com/806388
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4182

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