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CVE-2018-6143

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% 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-125

Description

Insufficient validation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 67.0.3396.62 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0
• Google Chrome: before 67.0.3396.62 — fixed in 67.0.3396.62
• 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 67.0.3396.62. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104309
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041014
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1815
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_58.html
• https://crbug.com/843022
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4237
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104309
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041014
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1815
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_58.html
• https://crbug.com/843022
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4237

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