CVE-2018-6056 is a type confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript engine of Google Chrome, affecting versions prior to 64.0.3282.168, as well as Debian and Red Hat distributions. This flaw allows a remote attacker to achieve a heap out-of-bounds write via a crafted HTML page, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution within the browser's sandbox. Rated 8.8 HIGH on CVSS, it has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction (visiting a malicious page) for exploitation, with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or Metasploit modules are available, and it's not in CISA's KEV catalog, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 64.0.3282.168CPE 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 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
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.