CVE-2018-6151 describes a critical out-of-bounds memory read vulnerability in Google Chrome's DevTools, affecting versions prior to 66.0.3359.117 on Windows, Linux, Mac, and Chrome OS, as well as various distributions like Apple, Debian, and Red Hat. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk where an attacker could achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact by convincing a user to install a malicious Chrome Extension. While the vulnerability is not listed on CISA's KEV catalog and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 66.0.3359.117CPE 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.