A heap buffer overflow in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 65.0.3325.146 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write…

published 2018-11-14 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-17836

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.8%; EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 78%
public exploits: 0; none known

A heap buffer overflow in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 65.0.3325.146 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory write via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 3

Google Chrome 65.0.3325.146

ubuntu red hat opensuse

chromium-browser Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 65.0.3325.181-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 65.0.3325.181-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6073

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chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 65.0.3325.146-2.el6_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:0484

chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
chromium Package Hub 12 SP2 66.0.3359.181-55.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1 openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 openSUSE-SU-2018:1175-1 openSUSE-SU-2018:1437-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-6073 updated 2026-06-28 cvss 6.5

chromium-browser: heap bufffer overflow in webgl

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 65.0.3325.146-2.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 65.0.3325.146-2.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 65.0.3325.146-2.el6_9
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0484

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Exploit prediction

1.79% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 78% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Technology feeds

Google Chrome rss critical rss

References

access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:0484
vendor-advisory
debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4182
vendor-advisory
crbug.com /804118
chromereleases.googleblog.com /2018/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
securityfocus.com /bid/103297
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-6073
NVD CVE-2018-6073

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Summary