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CVE-2018-6164

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% 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-200

Description

Insufficient origin checks for CSS content in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to leak cross-origin data via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 9.0
• Google Chrome: before 68.0.3440.75 — fixed in 68.0.3440.75
• 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 68.0.3440.75. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/848786
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2282
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/848786
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4256

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