CVE-2018-17463 Google Chromium V8 Remote Code Execution

What is CVE-2018-17463?

CVE-2018-17463 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 14 Nov 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-17463?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2018-17463?

Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 22 Jun 2022.

Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.

Is CVE-2018-17463 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2018-17463 in the wild since at least 8 Jun 2022.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module, 1 Exploit-DB entry and 3 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jjm4-89hr-gf27, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17463.