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CVE-2018-6157

26
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 68.0.3440.75CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
53.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0083 is in the 55th 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-2018-6157Important

chromium-browser: Type confusion in WebRTC

Jul 24, 2018

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 840536