Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-6118 - Use After Free vulnerability in Google Chrome

047910
CVSS 8.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
google
CWE-416
nessus
NVD
Published: 2019-06-27
Updated: 2023-11-07

Summary

A double-eviction in the Incognito mode cache that lead to a user-after-free in cache in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.139 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Google
3873

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2018-812B5D5A71.NASL
    descriptionUpdate to 66.0.3359.181. Security fix for CVE-2018-6085 CVE-2018-6086 CVE-2018-6087 CVE-2018-6088 CVE-2018-6089 CVE-2018-6090 CVE-2018-6091 CVE-2018-6092 CVE-2018-6093 CVE-2018-6094 CVE-2018-6095 CVE-2018-6096 CVE-2018-6097 CVE-2018-6098 CVE-2018-6099 CVE-2018-6100 CVE-2018-6101 CVE-2018-6102 CVE-2018-6103 CVE-2018-6104 CVE-2018-6105 CVE-2018-6106 CVE-2018-6107 CVE-2018-6108 CVE-2018-6109 CVE-2018-6110 CVE-2018-6111 CVE-2018-6112 CVE-2018-6113 CVE-2018-6114 CVE-2018-6116 CVE-2018-6117 CVE-2018-6118 CVE-2018-6121 CVE-2018-6122 CVE-2018-6120 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-06-06
    plugin id110327
    published2018-06-06
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110327
    titleFedora 27 : chromium (2018-812b5d5a71)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2018-406.NASL
    descriptionThis update for Chromium to version 66.0.3359.139 addresses the following issues : - CVE-2018-6118: Use after free in Media Cache (boo#1091288)
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-04-30
    plugin id109425
    published2018-04-30
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109425
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2018-406)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-4237.NASL
    descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities have been discovered in the chromium web browser. - CVE-2018-6118 Ned Williamson discovered a use-after-free issue. - CVE-2018-6120 Zhou Aiting discovered a buffer overflow issue in the pdfium library. - CVE-2018-6121 It was discovered that malicious extensions could escalate privileges. - CVE-2018-6122 A type confusion issue was discovered in the v8 JavaScript library. - CVE-2018-6123 Looben Yang discovered a use-after-free issue. - CVE-2018-6124 Guang Gong discovered a type confusion issue. - CVE-2018-6125 Yubico discovered that the WebUSB implementation was too permissive. - CVE-2018-6126 Ivan Fratric discovered a buffer overflow issue in the skia library. - CVE-2018-6127 Looben Yang discovered a use-after-free issue. - CVE-2018-6129 Natalie Silvanovich discovered an out-of-bounds read issue in WebRTC. - CVE-2018-6130 Natalie Silvanovich discovered an out-of-bounds read issue in WebRTC. - CVE-2018-6131 Natalie Silvanovich discovered an error in WebAssembly. - CVE-2018-6132 Ronald E. Crane discovered an uninitialized memory issue. - CVE-2018-6133 Khalil Zhani discovered a URL spoofing issue. - CVE-2018-6134 Jun Kokatsu discovered a way to bypass the Referrer Policy. - CVE-2018-6135 Jasper Rebane discovered a user interface spoofing issue. - CVE-2018-6136 Peter Wong discovered an out-of-bounds read issue in the v8 JavaScript library. - CVE-2018-6137 Michael Smith discovered an information leak. - CVE-2018-6138 Francois Lajeunesse-Robert discovered that the extensions policy was too permissive. - CVE-2018-6139 Rob Wu discovered a way to bypass restrictions in the debugger extension. - CVE-2018-6140 Rob Wu discovered a way to bypass restrictions in the debugger extension. - CVE-2018-6141 Yangkang discovered a buffer overflow issue in the skia library. - CVE-2018-6142 Choongwoo Han discovered an out-of-bounds read in the v8 JavaScript library. - CVE-2018-6143 Guang Gong discovered an out-of-bounds read in the v8 JavaScript library. - CVE-2018-6144 pdknsk discovered an out-of-bounds read in the pdfium library. - CVE-2018-6145 Masato Kinugawa discovered an error in the MathML implementation. - CVE-2018-6147 Michail Pishchagin discovered an error in password entry fields. - CVE-2018-6148 Michal Bentkowski discovered that the Content Security Policy header was handled incorrectly. - CVE-2018-6149 Yu Zhou and Jundong Xie discovered an out-of-bounds write issue in the v8 JavaScript library.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id110820
    published2018-07-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/110820
    titleDebian DSA-4237-1 : chromium-browser - security update
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_006BEE4E4C4911E89C3254EE754AF08E.NASL
    descriptionGoogle Chrome Releases reports : 3 security fixes in this release : - [831963] Critical CVE-2018-6118: Use after free in Media Cache. Reported by Ned Williamson on 2018-04-12 - [837635] Various fixes from internal audits, fuzzing and other initiatives
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id109437
    published2018-05-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109437
    titleFreeBSD : chromium -- vulnerability (006bee4e-4c49-11e8-9c32-54ee754af08e)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2018-1321.NASL
    descriptionAn update for chromium-browser is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Critical. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Chromium is an open source web browser, powered by WebKit (Blink). This update upgrades Chromium to version 66.0.3359.139. Security Fix(es) : * chromium-browser: Use after free in Media Cache (CVE-2018-6118) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
    last seen2020-05-31
    modified2018-05-04
    plugin id109570
    published2018-05-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109570
    titleRHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2018:1321)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2018-94E1BC8C23.NASL
    descriptionUpdate to 66.0.3359.181. Security fix for CVE-2018-6085 CVE-2018-6086 CVE-2018-6087 CVE-2018-6088 CVE-2018-6089 CVE-2018-6090 CVE-2018-6091 CVE-2018-6092 CVE-2018-6093 CVE-2018-6094 CVE-2018-6095 CVE-2018-6096 CVE-2018-6097 CVE-2018-6098 CVE-2018-6099 CVE-2018-6100 CVE-2018-6101 CVE-2018-6102 CVE-2018-6103 CVE-2018-6104 CVE-2018-6105 CVE-2018-6106 CVE-2018-6107 CVE-2018-6108 CVE-2018-6109 CVE-2018-6110 CVE-2018-6111 CVE-2018-6112 CVE-2018-6113 CVE-2018-6114 CVE-2018-6116 CVE-2018-6117 CVE-2018-6118 CVE-2018-6121 CVE-2018-6122 CVE-2018-6120 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2019-01-03
    plugin id120630
    published2019-01-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120630
    titleFedora 28 : chromium (2018-94e1bc8c23)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201805-03.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201805-03 (Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Chromium and Google Chrome. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers and Google Chrome Releases for details. Impact : A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id109535
    published2018-05-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109535
    titleGLSA-201805-03 : Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities

Redhat

rpms
  • chromium-browser-0:66.0.3359.139-1.el6_9
  • chromium-browser-debuginfo-0:66.0.3359.139-1.el6_9

References