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CVE-2018-6038

Heap buffer overflow in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker...

6.5 MediumFix available

Heap buffer overflow in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.54%Up 0.7 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.5

Heap buffer overflow in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Record
CVE-2018-6038
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119, CWE-125
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Heap buffer overflow in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Record
CVE-2018-6038
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-17801 No score

Heap buffer overflow in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Record
EUVD-2018-17801
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wg2c-p4gg-w374 6.5

Heap buffer overflow in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker...

Heap buffer overflow in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Record
GHSA-wg2c-p4gg-w374
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2018:0265 8.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: chromium-browser security update

Record
RHSA-2018:0265
CVSS 3.0
8.8 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-6038 6.5

Heap buffer overflow in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6038
CVSS 3.0
6.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2018:0313-1 No score

Security update for chromium

This update for chromium to 64.0.3282.119 fixes several issues.

These security issues were fixed:

  • CVE-2018-6031: Use after free in PDFium (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6032: Same origin bypass in Shared Worker (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6033: Race when opening downloaded files (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6034: Integer overflow in Blink (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6035: Insufficient isolation of devtools from extensions (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6036: Integer underflow in WebAssembly (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6037: Insufficient user gesture requirements in autofill (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6038: Heap buffer overflow in WebGL (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6039: XSS in DevTools (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6040: Content security policy bypass (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6041: URL spoof in Navigation (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6042: URL spoof in OmniBox (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6043: Insufficient escaping with external URL handlers (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6045: Insufficient isolation of devtools from extensions (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6046: Insufficient isolation of devtools from extensions (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6047: Cross origin URL leak in WebGL (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6048: Referrer policy bypass in Blink (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2017-15420: URL spoofing in Omnibox (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6049: UI spoof in Permissions (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6050: URL spoof in OmniBox (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6051: Referrer leak in XSS Auditor (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6052: Incomplete no-referrer policy implementation (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6053: Leak of page thumbnails in New Tab Page (boo#1077571)
  • CVE-2018-6054: Use after free in WebUI (boo#1077571)

Re was updated to version 2018-01-01 (boo#1073323)

Record
openSUSE-SU-2018:0313-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1 No score

chromedriver-93.0.4577.82-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the chromedriver-93.0.4577.82-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 No score

ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
chromium-browser
Debian:9
From an advisory covering 27 CVEs
 before 64.0.3282.119-1~deb9u1, plus listed versions
59.0.3071.104-159.0.3071.86-160.0.3112.72-160.0.3112.78-160.0.3112.78-1~deb9u1
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61.0.3163.100-161.0.3163.100-1~deb9u161.0.3163.100-262.0.3202.75-162.0.3202.75-1~deb9u162.0.3202.89-162.0.3202.89-1~deb9u163.0.3239.30-163.0.3239.40-163.0.3239.84-163.0.3239.84-1~deb9u1
64.0.3282.119-1~deb9u1
chromium-browser
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
 before 0:64.0.3282.119-1.el6_9
0:64.0.3282.119-1.el6_9
chromium-browser-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
From an advisory covering 25 CVEs
 before 0:64.0.3282.119-1.el6_9
0:64.0.3282.119-1.el6_9
chromium-browser
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
 before 64.0.3282.119-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions
29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu231.0.1650.63-0ubuntu1~20131204.132.0.1700.107-0ubuntu1~20140204.977.133.0.1750.152-0ubuntu1~pkg995.134.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2
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36.0.1985.125-0ubuntu1.14.04.0~pkg102937.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104237.0.2062.120-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104938.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106139.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106440.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106840.0.2214.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106941.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.107643.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.108943.0.2357.130-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109244.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109545.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109745.0.2454.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109947.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110647.0.2526.106-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110748.0.2564.82-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110848.0.2564.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111149.0.2623.87-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111249.0.2623.108-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111350.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.111751.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.112152.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.113453.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.114253.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.114558.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.117258.0.3029.96-0ubuntu0.14.04.117458.0.3029.110-0ubuntu0.14.04.117659.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.14.04.118659.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.14.04.118860.0.3112.78-0ubuntu0.14.04.119060.0.3112.113-0ubuntu0.14.04.119461.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.14.04.119661.0.3163.100-0ubuntu0.14.04.120262.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.14.04.120462.0.3202.75-0ubuntu0.14.04.121162.0.3202.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.121362.0.3202.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.121563.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.14.04.163.0.3239.132-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
64.0.3282.119-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
chromium-browser
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 before 64.0.3282.119-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, plus listed versions
45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu1.120147.0.2526.73-0ubuntu1.121847.0.2526.106-0ubuntu1.122148.0.2564.82-0ubuntu1.122248.0.2564.116-0ubuntu1.1229
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49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu1.123249.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.123350.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.123751.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.124252.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125053.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125453.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125755.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.126356.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.04.126857.0.2987.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.127658.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.127758.0.3029.96-0ubuntu0.16.04.127958.0.3029.110-0ubuntu0.16.04.128159.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.128959.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.129160.0.3112.78-0ubuntu0.16.04.129360.0.3112.113-0ubuntu0.16.04.129861.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.130061.0.3163.100-0ubuntu0.16.04.130662.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.16.04.130862.0.3202.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.131362.0.3202.89-0ubuntu0.16.04.131562.0.3202.94-0ubuntu0.16.04.131763.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.163.0.3239.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
64.0.3282.119-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
oxide-qt
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
 All versions, plus listed versions
1.9.5-0ubuntu11.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.11.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.21.11.3-0ubuntu31.11.4-0ubuntu1
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1.11.5-0ubuntu11.12.5-0ubuntu11.12.6-0ubuntu11.12.7-0ubuntu11.13.6-0ubuntu11.14.7-0ubuntu11.14.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.15.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.15.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.16.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.17.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.17.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.18.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.19.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.21.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
 None known
chromium-browser
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
 before 64.0.3282.119-0ubuntu1, plus listed versions
61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu1.137862.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.17.10.138062.0.3202.89-0ubuntu1.138662.0.3202.94-0ubuntu1.138863.0.3239.84-0ubuntu163.0.3239.108-0ubuntu1
64.0.3282.119-0ubuntu1
chromium
SUSE:Package Hub 12
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 64.0.3282.119-46.2
64.0.3282.119-46.2
re2
SUSE:Package Hub 12
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 20180101-5.1
20180101-5.1
chromium
SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 64.0.3282.119-46.2
64.0.3282.119-46.2
re2
SUSE:Package Hub 12 SP2
From an advisory covering 24 CVEs
 before 20180101-5.1
20180101-5.1
chromium
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 1081 CVEs
 before 93.0.4577.82-1.1
93.0.4577.82-1.1
chromium
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
From an advisory covering 2310 CVEs
 before 113.0.5672.92-1.1
113.0.5672.92-1.1

History

History
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affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2018-6038 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Google Chrome, published January 31, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.54%, the 75th percentile. Fixed in chromium-browser 64.0.3282.119-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.

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