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CVE-2018-6088

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6088 describes an iterator-invalidation bug in PDFium, affecting Google Chrome prior to version 66.0.3359.117, as well as Debian and Red Hat distributions. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within a sandbox via a crafted PDF file, requiring user interaction but with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 66.0.3359.117CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0242 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:66.0.3359.117-1.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-6088Important

chromium-browser: Use after free in PDFium

Apr 17, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1195
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 822091
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201804-22
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4182
securityfocus.com / bid/103917