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CVE-2018-17466

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17466 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome prior to version 70.0.3538.67, stemming from incorrect texture handling in Angle that allows a remote attacker to achieve an out-of-bounds memory read via a specially crafted HTML page. This vulnerability, affecting products from Google, Debian, Canonical, and Red Hat, carries a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction for exploitation. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the security community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 70.0.3538.67CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0283 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox-0:60.4.0-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: thunderbird-0:60.4.0-1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: firefox-0:60.4.0-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: thunderbird-0:60.4.0-1.el7_6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-17466Important

firefox: Memory corruption in Angle

Oct 16, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3004
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3831
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3833
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:0159
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:0160
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 880906
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/12/msg00002.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201811-10
usn.ubuntu.com / 3844-1
usn.ubuntu.com / 3868-1
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4330
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4354
debian.org / security/2019/dsa-4362
securityfocus.com / bid/105666
securityfocus.com / bid/106168