CVE-2018-6120 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in PDFium, a component of Google Chrome prior to version 66.0.3359.170, also affecting Debian and Red Hat distributions. This flaw, rated with a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code within a sandbox by enticing a user to open a specially crafted PDF file. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (KEV) or publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating its potential impact and the importance of patching.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 67.0.3396.62CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation: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.