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CVE-2018-18335

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18335 is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in Skia, a graphics engine used by Google Chrome prior to version 71.0.3578.80, also affecting Debian, OpenSUSE, and Red Hat. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) allows a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption by enticing a user to visit a specially crafted HTML page, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness despite its inactive status on hot lists.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 71.0.3578.80CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0372 is in the 88th 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-0:71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-18335Important

chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in Skia

Dec 4, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00043.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3803
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 895362
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201904-07
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201908-18
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4352
securityfocus.com / bid/106084