CVE-2018-6122 Memory corruption in Chrome
A remote attacker can exploit heap corruption in WebAssembly via a crafted HTML page to potentially execute arbitrary code.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-6122?
CVE-2018-6122 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 2 Nov 2021. 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
Type confusion in WebAssembly in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.139 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-843
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6122?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6122?
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-2018-6122 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6122 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-j4rq-73w6-wg33, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6122.