4.3
MEDIUM CVSS 3.0
CVE-2017-15418
Google Chrome Information Disclosure Heap Use-After-Free
Description

Use of uninitialized memory in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 63.0.3239.84 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 28, 2018, 7:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:14 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-15418 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Google chrome
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
This vulnerability can be remediated by updating the affected software packages to a patched version.
  • Update the affected chromium or qt5-qtwebengine packages.
  • Upgrade to Google Chrome version 63.0.3239.84 or later.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-15418 is associated with the following CWEs:

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-15418 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-15418 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3401
    Added Reference https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
    Added Reference https://crbug.com/765858
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-03
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4064
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Source Update by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Chrome https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3401 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://crbug.com/765858 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-03 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4064 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://crbug.com/765858
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4064
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-03
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3401
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 24, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html No Types Assigned https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2017/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/765858 No Types Assigned https://crbug.com/765858 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3401 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3401 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4064 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4064 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-03 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-03 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 63.0.3239.84
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 29, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4064 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-03 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3401 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 4.3
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 4.3
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.66 }} -0.03%

score

0.70149

percentile