Google Chrome Security Updates (stable-channel-update-for-desktop-2018-05) - Linux
🗓️ 11 May 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 82 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Chrome < 66.0.3359.170 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 23 Aug 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-4237-1 : chromium-browser - security update | 2 Jul 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 27 : chromium (2018-812b5d5a71) | 6 Jun 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 28 : chromium (2018-94e1bc8c23) | 3 Jan 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| FreeBSD : chromium -- multiple vulnerabilities (e457978b-5484-11e8-9b85-54ee754af08e) | 14 May 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-201805-06 : Chromium, Google Chrome: Multiple vulnerabilities | 21 May 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Google Chrome < 66.0.3359.170 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 17 May 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Google Chrome < 66.0.3359.170 Multiple Vulnerabilities | 17 May 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE Security Update : Chromium (openSUSE-2018-456) | 14 May 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 6 : chromium-browser (RHSA-2018:1446) | 16 May 201800:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| chromereleases | www.chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:google:chrome";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.813355");
script_version("2025-09-19T15:40:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-6121", "CVE-2018-6122", "CVE-2018-6120");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-19 15:40:40 +0000 (Fri, 19 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-11-04 15:38:00 +0000 (Thu, 04 Nov 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-05-11 11:12:21 +0530 (Fri, 11 May 2018)");
script_name("Google Chrome Security Updates (stable-channel-update-for-desktop-2018-05) - Linux");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Google Chrome is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws exist due to:
- Privilege Escalation in extensions.
- Type confusion error in V8.
- Heap buffer overflow error in PDFium.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow
attackers to execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges and also
cause data corruption or unexpected behavior.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Google Chrome version prior to 66.0.3359.170 on Linux");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Google Chrome version
66.0.3359.170 or later. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_google_chrome_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Google-Chrome/Linux/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE)) exit(0);
chr_ver = infos["version"];
chr_path = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less(version:chr_ver, test_version:"66.0.3359.170"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:chr_ver, fixed_version:"66.0.3359.170", install_path:chr_path);
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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19 Sep 2025 00:00Current
9.9High risk
Vulners AI Score9.9
CVSS 26.8
CVSS 38.8
CVSS 3.18.8
EPSS0.02422