What is CVE-2018-6057?

CVE-2018-6057 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-11-14.

How severe is CVE-2018-6057?

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

Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2018-6057

Lack of special casing of Android ashmem in Google Chrome prior to 65.0.3325.146 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to bypass inter-process read only guarantees via a crafted HTML page.

Published 2018-11-14 · 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 (73.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.0% 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
Debian Linux — versions 9.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 6.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/103297 (vdb-entry)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0484 (vendor-advisory)
crbug.com/789959
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4182 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6057?: CVE-2018-6057 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-11-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-6057?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.