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CVE-2018-18359

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-18359 describes an out-of-bounds memory read vulnerability in Google Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine, specifically affecting versions prior to 71.0.3578.80, and impacting Debian and Red Hat distributions. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) can be exploited remotely with low complexity via a crafted HTML page, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, there is minimal community discussion and no public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, suggesting limited active exploitation.

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: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 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
1.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0141 is in the 69th 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-2018-18359Moderate

chromium-browser: Out of bounds read 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 / 907714
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201908-18
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4352
securityfocus.com / bid/106084