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CVE-2018-6038

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6038 describes a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in WebGL within Google Chrome versions prior to 64.0.3282.119, also affecting Debian and Red Hat. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) can be exploited by a remote attacker through a crafted HTML page, leading to an out-of-bounds memory read and potential denial of service. While no active exploitation or public exploit code is reported, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 64.0.3282.119CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0154 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 26,208 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:64.0.3282.119-1.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-6038Moderate

chromium-browser: heap buffer overflow in webgl

Jan 24, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0265
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2018/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
crbug.com / 774174
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4103
securityfocus.com / bid/102797
securitytracker.com / id/1040282