CVE-2018-18356: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 3.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An integer overflow in path handling lead to a use after free in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 14.04 only; version 16.04 only; version 18.04 only; version 18.10 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Google Chrome: before 71.0.3578.80 (fixed in 71.0.3578.80)
• Opensuse Leap: version 15.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only

Published 2018-12-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.