CVE-2018-6171 Use after free in Chrome
An attacker can obtain sensitive process memory information via a malicious Chrome extension exploiting a use-after-free bug in Bluetooth.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-6171?
CVE-2018-6171 is a medium-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 27 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Use after free in Bluetooth in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6171?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2018-6171?
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-2018-6171 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6171 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x6cw-4j84-hpjf, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6171.