CVE-2018-16066 describes a use-after-free vulnerability in Google Chrome's Blink rendering engine, affecting versions prior to 69.0.3497.81, as well as products from Debian and Red Hat. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.5) allows a remote attacker to potentially cause heap corruption and denial of service via a crafted HTML page, requiring user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, though it has received some media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 69.0.3497.81CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.