CVE-2018-17480 Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Write

What is CVE-2018-17480?

CVE-2018-17480 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 11 Dec 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

Execution of user supplied Javascript during array deserialization leading to an out of bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-17480?

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-2018-17480?

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

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-17480 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2018-17480 in the wild since at least 8 Jun 2022.

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• CVE-2025-49113 RoundCube Webmail Deserialization of Untrusted Data Exploited Critical 9.9
• CVE-2026-24061 GNU InetUtils Argument Injection Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2025-39682 Linux Kernel Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-9680 Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free Exploited Critical 9.8

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17480, GHSA-rfp6-w338-jp8m, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17480.