CVE-2018-17463: Google Chromium V8 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2022-06-08
EPSS: 84.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-11-14 · updated 2026-06-17

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.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 9.0
Google Chrome: before 70.0.3538.67 — fixed in 70.0.3538.67
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 70.0.3538.67. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156640/Google-Chrome-67-68-69-Object.create-Type-Confusion.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105666
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/888923
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4330
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156640/Google-Chrome-67-68-69-Object.create-Type-Confusion.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105666
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/888923

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