CVE-2018-20072 Memory corruption in Chrome

What is CVE-2018-20072?

CVE-2018-20072 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 23 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Insufficient data validation in PDF in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker to perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: Low)

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-20072?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2018-20072?

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-2018-20072 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20072 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2020-16010 Google Chrome for Android UI Heap Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.6
• CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20072, GHSA-j73w-2xx4-7f39.