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CVE-2018-17463 kev in the critical feed json

Incorrect side effect annotation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.64 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a…

published 2018-11-14 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-9216

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-06-08
epss
84.6%
EPSS 84.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.7%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Incorrect side effect annotation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.64 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

cisa required action Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  • Google Chrome 70.0.3538.64
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17463

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:3004

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromium Package Hub 12 SP2 70.0.3538.102-74.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2018:3835-1

  • chromium Arch Linux 70.0.3538.67-1

arch linux advisories AVG-781

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-17463 updated cvss 8.8

chromium-browser: Remote code execution in V8

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3004

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/multi/browser/chrome_object_create)
  2. Published
  3. Added to CISA KEV
  4. CISA patch deadline
  5. CISA SSVC: exploitation active

Known exploited

Added
4 y ago
Patch by
2022-06-22 (4 y ago)
Ransomware
Not known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vendor, product
Google, Chromium V8
CISA name
Google Chromium V8 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Active, exploited in the wild
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

84.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/multi/browser/chrome_object_create Google Chrome 67, 68 and 69 Object.create exploit metasploit exploit, manual rank, 2018-09-25
  • EDB-48184 Google Chrome 67_ 68 and 69 - Object.create Type Confusion (Metasploit) remote, 2020-03-09
  • crbug.com https://crbug.com/888923 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.com http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156640/Google-Chrome-67-68-69-Object.create-Type-Confusion.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Technology feeds

References

Sources

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