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high 8.8

CVE-2018-17480 kev in the critical feed json

Execution of user supplied Javascript during array deserialization leading to an out of bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3…

published 2018-12-11 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-9233

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Exploited
added 2022-06-08
epss
35.6%
EPSS 35.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Execution of user supplied Javascript during array deserialization leading to an out of bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 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 71.0.3578.80
  • chromium Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 71.0.3578.80-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17480

  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17480

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 71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:3803

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
  • chromium Package Hub 12 SP2 71.0.3578.98-80.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1openSUSE-SU-2018:4143-1

  • chromium Arch Linux 71.0.3578.80-1

arch linux advisories AVG-824

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-2018-17480 updated cvss 8.8

chromium-browser: Out of bounds write in V8

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 71.0.3578.80-1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3803

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. Published
  2. Added to CISA KEV
  3. CISA patch deadline
  4. 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 Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

CISA SSVC

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

Exploit prediction

35.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • crbug.com https://crbug.com/905940 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

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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