CVE-2018-18340

HIGH 8.8CVE-2018-18340 · Published 11/12/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-18340 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting chrome (google).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.4%, higher than 72.4% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 71.0.3578.80 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chrome google	`< 71.0.3578.80`	`71.0.3578.80`

Description

Incorrect object lifecycle in MediaRecorder in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/106084
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3803
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com/896736
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18
debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4352

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

chrome

google

< 71.0.3578.80

71.0.3578.80

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