CVE-2018-17481

HIGH 8.8CVE-2018-17481 · Published 11/12/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-17481 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting chrome (google).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.6%, higher than 76.0% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 71.0.3578.98 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
chrome google	`< 71.0.3578.98`	`71.0.3578.98`

Description

Incorrect object lifecycle handling in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.98 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/106084
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3803
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html
crbug.com/901654
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18
debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4352
debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4395

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google

< 71.0.3578.98

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