CVE-2018-6157 is a type confusion vulnerability in WebRTC within Google Chrome versions prior to 68.0.3440.75, allowing a remote attacker to potentially trigger heap corruption through a specially crafted video file. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV), no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion, its high severity warrants prompt patching.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 68.0.3440.75CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.