Memory corruption in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-17466

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Memory corruption in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-17466

Published: October 23, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15473
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17466
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to boundary error in Angle. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation on the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox ESR
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM
Slackware Linux
Opensuse
Fedora
SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise
Mozilla Thunderbird
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE)
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE)
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2018-17466

Update to version 70.0.3538.67.

Google Chrome - update to 70.0.3538.67
Mozilla Firefox - update to 64.0
Firefox ESR - update to 60.4.0
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 60.4
Dell EMC Unity VSA Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.0.0.0.5.116
Dell EMC Unity Operating Environment (OE) - update to 5.0.0.0.5.116
EMC Cloud Tiering Appliance - update to 12.1.0.65
chromium - addressed in versions 70.0.3538.77-4.fc27, 70.0.3538.77-4.fc28, 70.0.3538.77-4.fc29, 70.0.3538.110-1.fc28

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