CVE-2018-16083 Memory corruption in Chrome

What is CVE-2018-16083?

CVE-2018-16083 is a high-severity memory corruption 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

An out of bounds read in forward error correction code in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16083?

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-2018-16083?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-16083 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2018-16083 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-cxp6-9rqh-9p3p, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16083.