CVE-2018-6171 (GCVE-0-2018-6171)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-06-27 16:13 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:54
VLAI
Summary
Use after free in Bluetooth in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Severity
5.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Use after free
Assigner
Chrome CNA under the Google root
CNA scorecard E 43/100 over 3013 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Google Chrome Affected: unspecified , < 68.0.3440.75 (custom)
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