Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-17469

 

Heap-based buffer overflow in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-17469

Published: October 23, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU15478
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17469
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to heap-based buffer overflow in PDFium. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website, trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Opensuse
Fedora
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2018-17469

Update to version 70.0.3538.67.

Google Chrome - update to 70.0.3538.67
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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