CVE-2018-6118 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting Google Chrome versions prior to 66.0.3359.139, stemming from a double-eviction in the Incognito mode cache. A remote attacker could exploit this by compromising the renderer process and crafting a malicious HTML page. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability allows for arbitrary code execution, posing a significant risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the security community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 66.0.3359.139CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.