Vulnerabilities / CVE-2018-17472

critical

CVE-2018-17472

chromium-browser: iframe sandbox escape on iOS

Published Modified CWE 20
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.6CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat6.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

Incorrect handling of googlechrome:// URL scheme on iOS in Intents in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker to escape the <iframe> sandbox via a crafted HTML page.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 8chromium-browserno fix listed
debian 9chromium-browser70.0.3538.67-1~deb9u1
ubuntu 16.04chromium-browser70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
ubuntu 18.04chromium-browser70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
ubuntu 18.10chromium-browser70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.10.1

References

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