CVE-2018-6136 Memory corruption in Chrome
A remote attacker can perform an out-of-bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page due to a missing type check in V8.
- 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-2018-6136?
CVE-2018-6136 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 27 Jun 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
Missing type check in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 67.0.3396.62 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-2018-6136?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6136?
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-2018-6136 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6136 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4m7p-23x7-87x5, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6136.