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CVE-2018-6153

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-6153 describes a precision error in Skia, Google Chrome's 2D graphics library, affecting Chrome versions prior to 68.0.3440.75, as well as Debian and Red Hat distributions. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker, having compromised the renderer process, to execute an out-of-bounds memory write through a specially crafted HTML page. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it poses a significant risk, enabling high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 68.0.3440.75CPE 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

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0159 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

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-0:68.0.3440.75-1.el6_10
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-6153Important

chromium-browser: Stack buffer overflow in Skia

Jul 24, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2282
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 850350
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201808-01
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4256
securityfocus.com / bid/104887