CVE-2018-17480
High 8.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8 (HIGH)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 36% (percentile: 98) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-787
Affected products
google: chrome; redhat: enterprise linux desktop; redhat: enterprise linux server; redhat: enterprise linux workstation; debian: debian linux
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop… Vendor Advisory
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop… Vendor Advisory
- https://crbug.com/905940 ExploitIssue Tracking
- https://crbug.com/905940 ExploitIssue Tracking
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106084 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3803 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4352 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106084 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3803 Third Party Advisory