CVE-2018-17481
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
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.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 1.61%• Percentile: 75%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-416•Use After Free
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
- CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Affected Systems
- debian•chromium
< 71.0.3578.80-1 | < 71.0.3578.80-1 | < 71.0.3578.80-1 | < 71.0.3578.80-1
- debian•debian_linux
9.0
- google•chrome
≥ unspecified, < 71.0.3578.98 | < 71.0.3578.98
- redhat•linux_desktop
6.0
- redhat•linux_server
6.0
- redhat•linux_workstation
6.0
References (9)
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4395
- https://crbug.com/901654
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3803
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4352
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106084
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-17481