CVE-2018-6043
Insufficient data validation in External Protocol Handler in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary programs on user machine via a crafted HTML page.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.74%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Insufficient data validation in External Protocol Handler in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to potentially execute arbitrary programs on user machine via a crafted HTML page.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.74% probability · 78th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- google/chrome · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 1.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102797
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040282
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0265
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
- https://crbug.com/785809
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4103
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102797
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040282
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0265
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_24.html
- https://crbug.com/785809
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4103
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.