CVE-2018-6043

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 25, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-6043: High severity, CVSS 8.8 | Vulnix