CVE-2018-17479 describes a heap corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome versions prior to 70.0.3538.110, stemming from incorrect object lifetime calculations in GPU code. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk where an unauthenticated remote attacker could achieve high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability through a crafted HTML page requiring user interaction. While no public exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) or active exploitation (KEV) is reported, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for significant damage remains.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 70.0.3538.110CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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