CVE-2018-6156 describes a heap corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 68.0.3440.75, specifically within its WebRTC component, affecting both Google Chrome and Canonical Ubuntu Linux. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) could be exploited by a remote attacker through a crafted video file, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness despite its inactive status on the CISA KEV list.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 68.0.3440.75CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* | ||
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* | ||
19.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
19.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/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.