CVE-2018-18340 describes a heap corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 71.0.3578.80, stemming from an incorrect object lifecycle in the MediaRecorder component. This flaw, affecting Google Chrome, Debian, and Red Hat distributions, could be exploited by a remote attacker through a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), successful exploitation could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. While the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit modules like Metasploit or Nuclei available.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 71.0.3578.80CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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