CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6151

HIGH

8.8

CVSS v3

Description

Bad cast in DevTools in Google Chrome on Win, Linux, Mac, Chrome OS prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted Chrome Extension.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

Google ChromeWindows application

Affected:66.0.3359.117Fixed in:66.0.3359.117Google LLC

Google Chrome (EXE)Windows application

Affected:66.0.3359.117Fixed in:66.0.3359.117Google LLC

Google Chrome BetaWindows application

Affected:66.0.3359.117Fixed in:66.0.3359.117Google LLC

Google Chrome Beta (EXE)Windows application

Affected:66.0.3359.117Fixed in:66.0.3359.117Google LLC

Google Chrome CanaryWindows application

Affected:66.0.3359.117Fixed in:66.0.3359.117Google LLC

Google Chrome DevWindows application

Affected:66.0.3359.117Fixed in:66.0.3359.117Google LLC

Google Chrome Dev (EXE)Windows application

Affected:66.0.3359.117Fixed in:66.0.3359.117Google LLC

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.21%probability of exploitation in 30 days

65thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 65% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references6

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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