CVE-2018-17470

Publication date 9 January 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.4 · High

Score breakdown

Description

A heap buffer overflow in GPU in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
oxide-qt 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored end of standard support
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.4 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

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