CVE-2018-6156 (GCVE-0-2018-6156)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-06-27 16:13 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Incorect derivation of a packet length in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted video file.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CWE
- Heap buffer overflow
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/sta… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://crbug.com/841962 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4165-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
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