CVE-2018-17463

Google Chromium V8 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes

*KEV

Decision

Act

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Anotación de efecto secundario en V8 en Google Chrome en versiones anteriores a la 70.0.3538.64 permitía que un atacante remoto ejecutase código arbitrario dentro de un sandbox mediante una página HTML manipulada.

Chromium is an open-source web browser, powered by WebKit. This update upgrades Chromium to version 70.0.3538.67. Issues addressed include buffer overflow and code execution vulnerabilities.

Google Chromium V8 Engine contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows a remote attacker to execute code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. This vulnerability could affect multiple web browsers that utilize Chromium, including, but not limited to, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Opera.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Act

Exploitation

Active

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-09-25 CVE Reserved
2018-10-25 CVE Published
2020-03-05 First Exploit
2022-06-08 Exploited in Wild
2022-06-22 KEV Due Date
2025-01-29 CVE Updated
2025-07-04 EPSS Updated

CWE

CAPEC

References (17)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105666	Broken Link
http://www.phrack.org/papers/jit_exploitation.html
https://ssd-disclosure.com/archives/3783/ssd-advisory-chrome-type-confusion-in-jscreateobject-operation-to-rce
https://saelo.github.io/presentations/blackhat_us_18_attacking_client_side_jit_compilers.pdf
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=888923

URL	Date	SRC
https://packetstorm.news/files/id/156640	2020-03-05
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48184	2020-03-09
https://github.com/jhalon/CVE-2018-17463	2022-12-28
https://github.com/kdmarti2/CVE-2018-17463	2021-05-02
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156640/Google-Chrome-67-68-69-Object.create-Type-Confusion.html	2025-01-29
https://crbug.com/888923	2025-01-29

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004	2024-06-28
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html	2024-06-28
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10	2024-06-28
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4330	2024-06-28
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17463	2018-10-24
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1640099	2018-10-24

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Google Search vendor "Google"		Chrome Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome"				< 70.0.3538.67 Search vendor "Google" for product "Chrome" and version " < 70.0.3538.67"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation"				6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected