CVE-2018-16071 Use after free in Chrome

What is CVE-2018-16071?

CVE-2018-16071 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 9 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted video file.

Weakness: CWE-787, CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16071?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16071?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2018-16071 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-16071 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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• CVE-2020-16010 Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2026-85046 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Exploited High 8.8

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-h9cj-6r23-p2g8, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16071.