CVE-2018-6109
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2019-01-09 19:00
Modified
2024-08-05 05:54
Severity ?
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.
References
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103917
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1195
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://crbug.com/710190
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-22
chrome-cve-admin@google.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4182
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103917
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1195
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://crbug.com/710190
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-22
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4182
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