CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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7.2 | $5k-$25k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Google Chrome (Web Browser). This affects an unknown functionality of the component v8. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds write vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-787. The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Type confusion in JavaScript in Google Chrome prior to 67.0.3396.87 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page.
The bug was discovered 06/12/2018. The weakness was disclosed 06/12/2018 by Yu Zhou and Jundong Xie as Stable Channel Update for Desktop as confirmed blog post (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at chromereleases.googleblog.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with Google. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-6149 since 01/23/2018. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/19/2020). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 110615 (GLSA-201806-06 : Chromium, Google Chrome: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 277514 (Fedora Security Update for chromium (FEDORA-2018-499f2dbc96)).
Upgrading to version 67.0.3396.87 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (110615). The entries 128977, 128978 and 131373 are pretty similar.
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4
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Class: Out-of-bounds writeCWE: CWE-787 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 110615
Nessus Name: GLSA-201806-06 : Chromium, Google Chrome: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
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Upgrade: Chrome 67.0.3396.87
Timeline
01/23/2018 🔍06/12/2018 🔍
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06/12/2018 🔍
06/13/2018 🔍
06/14/2018 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: google.comProduct: google.com
Advisory: Stable Channel Update for Desktop
Researcher: Yu Zhou, Jundong Xie
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-6149 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1041123
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Entry
Created: 06/14/2018 21:46Updated: 02/19/2020 13:43
Changes: 06/14/2018 21:46 (67), 02/19/2020 13:43 (14)
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