What is CVE-2018-6155?

CVE-2018-6155 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-6155?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Use After Free in Google Chrome

CVE-2018-6155

Incorrect handling of frames in the VP8 parser in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted video file.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.007 (48.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free
CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_MISC)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6155?: CVE-2018-6155 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-6155?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.