CVE-2018-6109 (GCVE-0-2018-6109)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-01-09 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:54
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • Inappropriate implementation
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/sta… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-22 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://crbug.com/710190 x_refsource_MISC
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4182 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103917 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1195 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google Chrome Affected: unspecified , < 66.0.3359.117 (custom)
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Date Public
2019-01-09 00:00
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