6.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2018-16066
Google Chrome Blink Heap Corruption Use After Free Vulnerability
Description

A use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 9, 2019, 7:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:53 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-16066 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Google chrome
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-16066 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-16066 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105215 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4289 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://crbug.com/847570 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://crbug.com/847570
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4289
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105215
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-416 CWE-787 CWE-416
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 15, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/847570 No Types Assigned https://crbug.com/847570 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105215 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105215 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html No Types Assigned https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4289 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4289 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-416
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 69.0.3497.81
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4289 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105215 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.19 }} 0.70%

score

0.91205

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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