CVE-2018-6140

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

09/01/2019

Last modified:

17/06/2026

Description

Allowing the chrome.debugger API to attach to Web UI pages in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 67.0.3396.62 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::		67.0.3396.62 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
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:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome::::::::		67.0.3396.62 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*
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-2018-6140

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools