CVE-2018-6109 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2018-6109 PUBLISHED

readAsText() can indefinitely read the file picked by the user, rather than only once at the time the file is picked in File API in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to access data on the user file system without explicit consent via a crafted HTML page.

EPSS 0.80% · 73.9th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.80%

73.9th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	chromium-browser	0, 65.0.3325.181-0ubuntu1, 65.0.3325.146-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	oxide-qt	1.12.6-0ubuntu1, 0, 1.9.5-0ubuntu1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	chromium-browser	52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1250, 51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1242, 50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1237

Timeline

Apr 18, 2018 CVE Published
Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6109 third-party-advisory
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6109 third-party-advisory

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