CVE-2018-17478 Memory corruption in Chrome
Remote attackers can exploit object corruption in V8 via crafted HTML pages, potentially leading to code execution in Google Chrome.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-17478?
CVE-2018-17478 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 27 Jun 2019. 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 array position calculations in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.102 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit object corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-129
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-17478?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2018-17478?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-17478 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-17478 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DSA-4340-1, GHSA-f8rm-6c2h-r7wf, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17478.