CVE-2018-17463: Google Chromium V8 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

High severity, CVSS 8.8. Actively exploited: in CISA KEV since 2022-06-08. EPSS: 84.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Incorrect side effect annotation in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.64 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page.

Affected products

  • Debian Debian Linux: version 9.0 only
  • Google Chrome: before 70.0.3538.67 (fixed in 70.0.3538.67)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only

Published 2018-11-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.