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CVE-2018-6043

Date: September 25, 2018

Insufficient data validation in External Protocol Handler in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary programs on user machine via a crafted HTML page.

Language: C++

Severity Score

8.8

Related Resources (11)

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6043

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102797

Url: https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4103

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0265

Url: https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6043

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6043

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-6043

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040282

Url: https://crbug.com/785809

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-6043

Severity Score

8.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Input Validation

CWE-20

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.8
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.8
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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