CVE-2018-17481
chromium - security update
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.6%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-17481
To remediate CVE-2018-17481, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/chromium—upgrade to 71.0.3578.80-1 or later
- Debian/chromium—upgrade to 72.0.3626.96-1~deb9u1 or later
Is CVE-2018-17481 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 71.0.3578.80-1
- from 0, < 72.0.3626.96-1~deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |