CVE-2018-18354
Insufficient validate of external protocols in Shell Integration in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to launch external programs via a crafted HTML page.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Insufficient validate of external protocols in Shell Integration in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to launch external programs via a crafted HTML page.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.42% probability · 73th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- 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 1.4% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106084
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3803
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/889459
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4352
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106084
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3803
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://crbug.com/889459
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4352
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.