What is CVE-2018-16085?

CVE-2018-16085 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-16085?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Google Chrome

CVE-2018-16085

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

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2019-01-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (72.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/105215 (vdb-entry)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666 (vendor-advisory)
crbug.com/856578
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16085?: CVE-2018-16085 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-16085?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.