CVE-2018-17479

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-06-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-416

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.

Affected products

Google Chrome: before 70.0.3538.110 — fixed in 70.0.3538.110

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Google Chrome 70.0.3538.110. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/11/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os.html
https://crbug.com/905336
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/11/stable-channel-update-for-chrome-os.html
https://crbug.com/905336

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