CVE-2018-6043: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Google Chrome: before 64.0.3282.119 (fixed in 64.0.3282.119)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only

Published 2018-09-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.