CVE-2018-17474
Use after free in HTMLImportsController in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a...
8.8 HighFix available
Use after free in HTMLImportsController in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
1.35%Up 0.6 points since Apr 14, 2021
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Use after free in HTMLImportsController in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
- Record
CVE-2018-17474- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-416, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Use after free in HTMLImportsController in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
- Record
CVE-2018-17474- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-9227 No score
Use after free in HTMLImportsController in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
- Record
EUVD-2018-9227- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qv7x-xwh6-vwx4
Use after free in HTMLImportsController in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a...
Use after free in HTMLImportsController in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
- Record
GHSA-qv7x-xwh6-vwx4- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2018:3004
Red Hat Security Advisory: chromium-browser security update
- Record
RHSA-2018:3004- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-17474
Use after free in HTMLImportsController in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17474- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2018:3835-1 No score
Security update for chromium
This update contains Chromium 70.0.3538.102 and fixes security issues and bugs.
Vulnerabilities fixed in 70.0.3538.102:
- CVE-2018-17478: Out of bounds memory access in V8 (boo#1115537)
Vulnerabilities fixed in 70.0.3538.67 (bsc#1112111):
- CVE-2018-17462: Sandbox escape in AppCache
- CVE-2018-17463: Remote code execution in V8
- Heap buffer overflow in Little CMS in PDFium
- CVE-2018-17464: URL spoof in Omnibox
- CVE-2018-17465: Use after free in V8
- CVE-2018-17466: Memory corruption in Angle
- CVE-2018-17467: URL spoof in Omnibox
- CVE-2018-17468: Cross-origin URL disclosure in Blink
- CVE-2018-17469: Heap buffer overflow in PDFium
- CVE-2018-17470: Memory corruption in GPU Internals
- CVE-2018-17471: Security UI occlusion in full screen mode
- CVE-2018-17473: URL spoof in Omnibox
- CVE-2018-17474: Use after free in Blink
- CVE-2018-17475: URL spoof in Omnibox
- CVE-2018-17476: Security UI occlusion in full screen mode
- CVE-2018-5179: Lack of limits on update() in ServiceWorker
- CVE-2018-17477: UI spoof in Extensions
This update contains the following packaging changes:
- VAAPI hardware accelerated rendering is now enabled by default.
- Use the system libusb-1.0 library
- Use bundled harfbuzz library
- Disable gnome-keyring to avoid crashes
- noto-emoji-fonts is no longer a recommended dependency
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2018:3835-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1 No score
chromedriver-93.0.4577.82-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the chromedriver-93.0.4577.82-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1 No score
ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the ungoogled-chromium-113.0.5672.92-1.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
chromium-browserDebian:9 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs |
before 70.0.3538.67-1~deb9u1, plus listed versions 59.0.3071.104-159.0.3071.86-160.0.3112.72-160.0.3112.78-160.0.3112.78-1~deb9u1 Show 45 moreShow less61.0.3163.100-161.0.3163.100-1~deb9u161.0.3163.100-262.0.3202.75-162.0.3202.75-1~deb9u162.0.3202.89-162.0.3202.89-1~deb9u163.0.3239.30-163.0.3239.40-163.0.3239.84-163.0.3239.84-1~deb9u164.0.3282.119-164.0.3282.119-1~deb9u164.0.3282.119-265.0.3325.146-165.0.3325.146-265.0.3325.146-365.0.3325.146-465.0.3325.73-165.0.3325.74-166.0.3359.117-166.0.3359.117-1~deb9u166.0.3359.139-166.0.3359.181-166.0.3359.22-166.0.3359.22-266.0.3359.22-366.0.3359.26-166.0.3359.26-267.0.3396.48-167.0.3396.56-167.0.3396.57-167.0.3396.62-167.0.3396.62-267.0.3396.79-167.0.3396.79-267.0.3396.87-167.0.3396.87-1~deb9u168.0.3440.17-168.0.3440.25-168.0.3440.33-168.0.3440.42-168.0.3440.7-168.0.3440.75-168.0.3440.75-1~deb9u1 |
70.0.3538.67-1~deb9u1 |
chromium-browserRed Hat:rhel_extras:6 From an advisory covering 17 CVEs |
before 0:70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10 | 0:70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10 |
chromium-browser-debuginfoRed Hat:rhel_extras:6 From an advisory covering 17 CVEs |
before 0:70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10 | 0:70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10 |
chromium-browserUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, plus listed versions 45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu1.120147.0.2526.73-0ubuntu1.121847.0.2526.106-0ubuntu1.122148.0.2564.82-0ubuntu1.122248.0.2564.116-0ubuntu1.1229 Show 35 moreShow less49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu1.123249.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.123350.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.123751.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.124252.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125053.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125453.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.125755.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.126356.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.04.126857.0.2987.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.127658.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.127758.0.3029.96-0ubuntu0.16.04.127958.0.3029.110-0ubuntu0.16.04.128159.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.128959.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.129160.0.3112.78-0ubuntu0.16.04.129360.0.3112.113-0ubuntu0.16.04.129861.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.130061.0.3163.100-0ubuntu0.16.04.130662.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.16.04.130862.0.3202.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.131362.0.3202.89-0ubuntu0.16.04.131562.0.3202.94-0ubuntu0.16.04.131763.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.163.0.3239.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.164.0.3282.119-0ubuntu0.16.04.164.0.3282.140-0ubuntu0.16.04.164.0.3282.167-0ubuntu0.16.04.165.0.3325.181-0ubuntu0.16.04.166.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.16.04.366.0.3359.181-0ubuntu0.16.04.167.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.16.04.268.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.168.0.3440.106-0ubuntu0.16.04.169.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
oxide-qtUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
All versions, plus listed versions 1.9.5-0ubuntu11.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.11.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.21.11.3-0ubuntu31.11.4-0ubuntu1 Show 17 moreShow less1.11.5-0ubuntu11.12.5-0ubuntu11.12.6-0ubuntu11.12.7-0ubuntu11.13.6-0ubuntu11.14.7-0ubuntu11.14.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.15.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.15.8-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.16.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.17.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.17.9-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.18.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.19.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.20.4-0ubuntu0.16.04.11.21.5-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
None known |
chromium-browserUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
before 70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, plus listed versions 61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu1.137862.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.17.10.138062.0.3202.89-0ubuntu1.138662.0.3202.94-0ubuntu1.138863.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1 Show 12 moreShow less63.0.3239.108-0ubuntu164.0.3282.119-0ubuntu164.0.3282.140-0ubuntu164.0.3282.167-0ubuntu165.0.3325.146-0ubuntu165.0.3325.181-0ubuntu166.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.366.0.3359.181-0ubuntu0.18.04.167.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.168.0.3440.106-0ubuntu0.18.04.169.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
chromiumSUSE:Package Hub 12 SP2 From an advisory covering 18 CVEs |
before 70.0.3538.102-74.1 | 70.0.3538.102-74.1 |
chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 1081 CVEs |
before 93.0.4577.82-1.1 | 93.0.4577.82-1.1 |
chromiumopenSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 2310 CVEs |
before 113.0.5672.92-1.1 | 113.0.5672.92-1.1 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-17474 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Google Chrome, published November 2, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.35%, the 71st percentile. Fixed in chromium-browser 70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.
References
debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4330
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004
crbug.com/843151
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
securityfocus.com/bid/105666
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nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17474
github.com/advisories/GHSA-qv7x-xwh6-vwx4
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1628969
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2018/rhsa-2018_3004.json
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-5179
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-17474
lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/QUMMQ2BSESALCKVYTBVE6TKYA2UTXO3I
bugzilla.suse.com/1112111
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17462
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