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CVE-2018-6127

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6127 is a critical vulnerability affecting Google Chrome prior to version 67.0.3396.62, as well as Debian and Red Hat distributions. It involves an early free of an object in use within IndexDB, allowing a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page if the renderer process is compromised. With a CVSS score of 9.6 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential interest from threat actors.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.6CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0179 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 834 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.8 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-6127Important

chromium-browser: Use after free in indexedDB

May 29, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1815
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2018/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_58.html
crbug.com / 842990
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4237
securityfocus.com / bid/104309
securitytracker.com / id/1041014