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CVE-2018-6168

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-06-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Information leak in media engine in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Google Chrome: before 68.0.3440.75 — fixed in 68.0.3440.75

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 68.0.3440.75. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/828265
• https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
• https://crbug.com/828265

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