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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-6151: Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 22, 2018
Added
Aug 23, 2018
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

Bad cast in DevTools in Google Chrome on Win, Linux, Mac, Chrome OS prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Solutions

gentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-chromiumgentoo-linux-upgrade-www-client-google-chrome
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