What is CVE-2018-6160?

CVE-2018-6160 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-01-09.

How severe is CVE-2018-6160?

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

Improper input validation in Google Chrome

CVE-2018-6160

JavaScript alert handling in Prompts in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

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

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:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201808-01 (vendor-advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/104887 (vdb-entry)
crbug.com/839822

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6160?: CVE-2018-6160 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-01-09.
How severe is CVE-2018-6160?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.