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CVE-2018-17470

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17470 describes a heap buffer overflow in the GPU component of Google Chrome versions prior to 70.0.3538.67, affecting Debian, Google, and Red Hat products. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability via a crafted HTML page to achieve a sandbox escape after compromising the renderer process. With a CVSS score of 7.4 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and could lead to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or inclusion in CISA's KEV catalog, though it garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 70.0.3538.67CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
72.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0155 is in the 71st 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 (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-17470Moderate

chromium-browser: Memory corruption in GPU Internals

Oct 16, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3004
chromereleases.googleblog.com / 2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
crbug.com / 877874
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201811-10
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4330
securityfocus.com / bid/105666