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CVE-2018-6056

Published: 9 January 2019

Type confusion could lead to a heap out-of-bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.168 allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.

Notes

AuthorNote
mikesalvatore
The Ubuntu Security Team does not support libv8

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
chromium-browser
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful
Released (64.0.3282.167-0ubuntu0.17.10.1)
bionic
Released (64.0.3282.167-0ubuntu1)
cosmic
Released (64.0.3282.167-0ubuntu1)
trusty
Released (64.0.3282.167-0ubuntu0.14.04.1)
upstream
Released (64.0.3282.167)
xenial
Released (64.0.3282.167-0ubuntu0.16.04.1)
libv8-3.14
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Ignored
(libv8 not supported)
cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [libv8 not supported])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored
(libv8 not supported)
oxide-qt
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Does not exist

cosmic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [Ubuntu touch end-of-life])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored
(Ubuntu touch end-of-life)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H