CVE-2018-17463
Google Chromium V8 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 22 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 84.56% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 9 March 2020
- CISA KEV
- Listed 8 June 2022 · due 22 June 2022
- Affected
- google/chrome · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · debian/debian linux
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
EPSS 84.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17463
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156640/Google-Chrome-67-68-69-Object.create-Type-Confusion.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105666Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/888923Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4330Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156640/Google-Chrome-67-68-69-Object.create-Type-Confusion.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105666Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004Third Party Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/888923Exploit, Issue Tracking
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4330Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-17463US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.