high 8.8

CVE-2018-17466 json

Incorrect texture handling in Angle in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory rea…

published 2018-11-14 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-9219

cvss: 8.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.9%; EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits: 0; none known

Incorrect texture handling in Angle in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 6

Google Chrome 70.0.3538.67

debian ubuntu red hat suse opensuse arch linux

firefox-esr Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 60.4.0esr-1
thunderbird Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:60.4.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17466

firefox Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
firefox Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
firefox Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 64.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
thunderbird Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
thunderbird Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
thunderbird Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:60.4.0+build2-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
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-2018-17466

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thunderbird RHEL 6 60.4.0-1.el6
thunderbird RHEL 7 60.4.0-1.el7_6
firefox RHEL 7 60.4.0-1.el7
firefox RHEL 6 60.4.0-1.el6
chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:0159 RHSA-2019:0160 RHSA-2018:3833 RHSA-2018:3831 RHSA-2018:3004

mozilla-nss SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +13 more 3.40.1-58.18.1
mozilla-nspr SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +13 more 4.20-19.6.1
MozillaFirefox SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +13 more 60.4.0esr-109.55.1
MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 60.5.0-3.20.2
mozilla-nss SLE Module for Basesystem 15 3.40.1-3.7.2
mozilla-nspr SLE Module for Basesystem 15 4.20-3.3.2
MozillaFirefox SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 60.4.0-3.21.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:4236-2 SUSE-SU-2019:0338-1 SUSE-SU-2018:4236-1 SUSE-SU-2018:4235-1

firefox-esr openSUSE Tumbleweed 128.5.1-1.1
MozillaFirefox openSUSE Tumbleweed 92.0-1.2
MozillaThunderbird openSUSE Tumbleweed 91.1.1-1.1
chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1
MozillaThunderbird Package Hub 12 60.5.1-79.1
chromium Package Hub 12 SP2 70.0.3538.102-74.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:14572-1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10600-1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10601-1 openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1 openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 openSUSE-SU-2019:0249-1

chromium Arch Linux 70.0.3538.67-1
firefox Arch Linux 64.0-1

arch linux advisories AVG-781 AVG-833

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-2018-17466 updated 2026-11-04 cvss 8.8

firefox: Memory corruption in Angle

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox 60.4.0-1.el7, thunderbird 60.4.0-1.el7_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox 60.4.0-1.el7
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3833
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 60.4.0-1.el6, thunderbird 60.4.0-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) firefox 60.4.0-1.el6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3831
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3004
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) firefox 60.4.0-1.el7
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3833
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) thunderbird 60.4.0-1.el7_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:0160
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 60.4.0-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 60.4.0-1.el6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3831
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox 60.4.0-1.el7
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3833
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) firefox 60.4.0-1.el6, thunderbird 60.4.0-1.el6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3831

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox 60.4.0-1.el7, thunderbird 60.4.0-1.el7_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3833
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3004
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 60.4.0-1.el6, thunderbird 60.4.0-1.el6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3831
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox 60.4.0-1.el7, thunderbird 60.4.0-1.el7_6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3833
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) firefox 60.4.0-1.el6
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3831
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox 60.4.0-1.el7
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3833
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 Enterprise Linux 8 firefox, thunderbird
not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.8	CVSS:3.0/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

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

Technology feeds

Google Chrome rss critical rss

References

access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:3833
vendor-advisory
access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:3831
vendor-advisory
debian.org /security/2019/dsa-4362
vendor-advisory
debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4330
vendor-advisory
usn.ubuntu.com /3844-1/
vendor-advisory
access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2019:0159
vendor-advisory
access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2018:3004
vendor-advisory
debian.org /security/2018/dsa-4354
vendor-advisory
security.gentoo.org /glsa/201811-10
vendor-advisory
usn.ubuntu.com /3868-1/
vendor-advisory
access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2019:0160
vendor-advisory
lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00002.html
mailing-list
securityfocus.com /bid/106168
vdb-entry
crbug.com /880906
chromereleases.googleblog.com /2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
securityfocus.com /bid/105666
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-17466
NVD CVE-2018-17466

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Summary