What is CVE-2018-17479?

CVE-2018-17479 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-06-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-17479?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Google Chrome

CVE-2018-17479

Incorrect object lifetime calculations in GPU code in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.110 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2019-06-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17479?: CVE-2018-17479 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-06-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-17479?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.