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CVE-2018-6101

CVE-2018-6101 PUBLISHED

Reported by chrome · Published December 4, 2018

A lack of host validation in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page, if the user is running a remote DevTools debugging server.

Fixed versions

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PackageEcosystemFixed in
chromiumArch Linux66.0.3359.117-1
chromegoogle66.0.3359.117
chromium-browserUbuntu:16.04:LTS66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
chromium-browserUbuntu:18.04:LTS66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
GoogleChromeunspecified
archchromium0
GoogleChrome*

Timeline

  • Apr 18, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score (30 in total, the first dated here)
  • Jun 1, 2026 Security Advisory (6 in total, the first dated here)
  • Aug 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
  • Sep 19, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
  • Sep 20, 2026 CVE Updated

Query this with the API

The same record, from the CLI:

vulnetix vdb vuln CVE-2018-6101
vulnetix vdb fixes CVE-2018-6101

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curl -s -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${VULNETIX_ORG_ID}:${VULNETIX_API_KEY}" \
  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/CVE-2018-6101/fixes/registry"

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