CVE-2018-17479 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After FreeCWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write7 documents5 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.4%
top 42.12%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Google Chrome
Timeline
PublishedJun 27
Latest updateMay 24

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified — 70.0.3538.110
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 70.0.3538.110

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-x2q7-fcrc-98r2: Incorrect object lifetime calculations in GPU code in Google Chrome prior to 70↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2018-17479: Incorrect object lifetime calculations in GPU code in Google Chrome prior to 70↗2019-06-27
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
chromium-browser: Use-after-free in GPU↗2018-11-19
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17479 chromium-browser: Use-after-free in GPU↗2018-11-20
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17479 chromium: chromium-browser: Use-after-free in GPU [fedora-all]↗2018-11-20
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-17479 chromium: chromium-browser: Use-after-free in GPU [epel-7]↗2018-11-20
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