CVE-2018-6170 — Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast in Google Chrome

CWE-704 — Incorrect Type Conversion or CastCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write6 documents6 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.6%
top 18.46%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
5
Google ChromeDebian LinuxRedhat Enterprise Linux Desktop+2 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 9
Latest updateMay 13

Description

A bad cast in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 68.0.3440.75
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 68.0.3440.75

Also affects: Debian Linux 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-r454-mqjh-f2pc: A bad cast in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 68↗2022-05-13
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OSV
CVE-2018-6170: A bad cast in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 68↗2019-01-09
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CVEList
CVE-2018-6170: A bad cast in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 68↗2019-01-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
chromium-browser: Type confusion in PDFium↗2018-07-24
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6170 chromium-browser: Type confusion in PDFium↗2018-07-25
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