CVE-2018-17479 Use after free in Chrome
Remote attackers can exploit heap corruption via crafted HTML pages due to incorrect object lifetime calculations in GPU code.
- 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-2018-17479?
CVE-2018-17479 is a high-severity use after free 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 object lifetime calculations in GPU code in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-17479?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2018-17479?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2018-17479 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-17479 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DSA-4342-1, GHSA-x2q7-fcrc-98r2, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17479.