CVE-2018-6143 Memory corruption in Chrome

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can trigger out-of-bounds memory reads in Chrome via crafted HTML pages, potentially exposing sensitive data or causing crashes.

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-2018-6143?

CVE-2018-6143 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, 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

Insufficient validation 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-2018-6143?

It affects 5 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2018-6143?

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-2018-6143 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6143 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g8pw-fhcc-pf5m, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6143.

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