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CVE-2018-17480

8.8, high Known exploited

Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

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CVSS
8.8, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
36% higher than 98.4% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
11 Dec 20187 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 8 Jun 2022. US federal agencies had to remediate by 22 Jun 2022, a deadline that has passed.

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Description

Execution of user supplied Javascript during array deserialization leading to an out of bounds write in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.

Details

Vendor
Google
Product
Chrome
Weakness
CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
chrome-cve-admin@google.com

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References 7

Exploit code 1

Advisories 5

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other Google CVEs

Every Google CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2026-58704 Google Pixel Improper Authorization Vulnerability KEV EPSS 0.6% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2026-87491 Google Chromium V8 Out of Bounds Write Vulnerability KEV EPSS 3% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2026-85046 Google Chromium V8 Type Confusion Vulnerability KEV EPSS 49% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2026-11645 Google Chromium V8 Out-of-Bounds Read and Write Vulnerability KEV EPSS 2% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2026-5281 Google Dawn Use-After-Free Vulnerability KEV EPSS 0.7% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2026-3909 Google Skia Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability KEV EPSS 2% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2026-3910 Google Chromium V8 Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer Vulnerability KEV EPSS 1% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2026-2441 Google Chromium CSS Use-After-Free Vulnerability KEV EPSS 55% 8.8, high

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.