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CVE-2018-6046

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6046 describes an insufficient data validation vulnerability in Google Chrome's DevTools, affecting versions prior to 64.0.3282.119, as well as Debian and Red Hat distributions. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.1), this flaw allows a remote attacker, via user interaction with a crafted Chrome Extension, to potentially leak limited cross-origin user data. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not on the KEV catalog, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

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

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0118 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 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-2018-6046Moderate

chromium-browser: insufficient isolation of devtools from extensions

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 / 798163
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4103
securityfocus.com / bid/102797
securitytracker.com / id/1040282