CVE-2018-17479

Publication date 27 June 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

Description

Incorrect object lifetime calculations in GPU code in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 70.0.3538.110-0ubuntu0.18.10.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 70.0.3538.110-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 70.0.3538.110-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 8.8 · High

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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