CVE-2018-6056: debian debian_linux Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Modified

AliasesopenSUSE-SU-2018:0453-1openSUSE-SU-2018:0454-1RHSA-2018:0334+1 more

Published 09-01-2019Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-6056 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 9.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority

Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?

CVSS score

8.8/10

010

High · v3.0 (NVD)

EPSS score

9.38%

0%100%

Low · +0.08 pp in 30 days

KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.

RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.

Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 2

DSA-4182-1 MGASA-2018-0268 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1 OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

Timeline

09-01-2019
PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
05-08-2024
Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Type confusion could lead to a heap out-of-bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.168 allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

v3.08.8v2.06.8

EPSS trend

Probability

9.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.08 pp

From 9.30% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

CWE-704Incorrect Type Conversion or CastThe product does not correctly convert an object, resource, or structure from one type to a different type.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat5 products

enterprise_linux_desktop6.0
enterprise_linux_server6.0
enterprise_linux_workstation6.0
chromium-browser< 0:64.0.3282.167-1.el6_9
chromium-browser-debuginfo< 0:64.0.3282.167-1.el6_9

Ubuntu3 products

chromium-browser< 64.0.3282.167-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 | < 64.0.3282.167-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 | < 64.0.3282.167-0ubuntu1
libv8-3.14All versions (No fix recorded)
oxide-qtAll versions (No fix recorded)

Debian1 product