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CVE-2018-6084

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-01-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Insufficiently sanitized distributed objects in Updater in Google Chrome on macOS prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via an executable file.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0
• Google Chrome: before 66.0.3359.117 — fixed in 66.0.3359.117
• 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 66.0.3359.117. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103468
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103917
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/822424
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44307/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103468
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103917
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/822424
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44307/

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