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CVE-2018-18342

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18342 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Google Chrome prior to version 71.0.3578.80, as well as Debian and Red Hat distributions. It allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within a sandbox by crafting a malicious HTML page, leveraging an out-of-bounds write in the V8 JavaScript engine during object deserialization. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability risks, requiring user interaction to exploit. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is reported, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the cybersecurity community.

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
2.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0265 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 14,855 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-2018-18342Important

chromium-browser: Out of bounds write in V8

Dec 4, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3803
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 906313
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201908-18
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4352
securityfocus.com / bid/106084