chromium-browser: Heap buffer overflow in PDFium
Published Nov 14, 2018
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.49%
Description
Incorrect handling of PDF filter chains in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted PDF file.
Affected products
-
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<70.0.3538.67
- Version
Configuration 2
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
Configuration 3
- 9.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10
Fixed · RHSA-2018:3004
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:70.0.3538.67-1.el6_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:3004 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.49% (0.01489) | 73.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.45% (0.01448) | 69.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 75.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.48% (0.02478) | 75.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 1.14% (0.01144) | 84.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01144) | 83.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.54% (0.00539) | 74.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.50% (0.00501) | 72.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.76% (0.00757) | 20.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.76% (0.00757) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (10)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105666 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17469 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1640105 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/880675 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17469
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17469
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4330 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105666 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17469 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1640105 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/880675 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17469 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-17469 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4330 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.