CVE-2018-6055: google chrome Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-6055 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in google chrome. EPSS estimates a 1.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 25-09-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Insufficient policy enforcement in Catalog Service in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to potentially run arbitrary code outside sandbox via a crafted HTML page.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated8.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
1.14%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
67%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 1.14% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu2 products
- chromium-browser< 64.0.3282.119-0ubuntu1
- oxide-qtAll versions (No fix recorded)
Google1 product
- chrome≥ unspecified, < 64.0.3282.119 | < 64.0.3282.119
2 vendors · 3 products
References
5 links- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMREPORT