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CVE-2018-16083

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CVE-2018-16083 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the WebRTC forward error correction code within Google Chrome versions prior to 69.0.3497.81, impacting various Google and Red Hat Chrome distributions. This high-severity vulnerability, rated 8.8 CVSS, allows a remote attacker to achieve an out-of-bounds memory read by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page, potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a public exploit (EDB-45444) exists, and the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness among researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 69.0.3497.81CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 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
5.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-45444 · Sep 21, 2018
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0526 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 14,875 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-0:69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-16083Moderate

chromium-browser: Out of bounds read in WebRTC

Sep 4, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2666
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 856823
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201811-10
exploit-db.com / exploits/45444
securityfocus.com / bid/105215