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CVE-2018-6096 (GCVE-0-2018-6096)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-01-09 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:54
VLAI
Summary
A JavaScript focused window could overlap the fullscreen notification in Fullscreen in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to obscure the full screen warning via a crafted HTML page.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Insufficient policy enforcement
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/sta… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://crbug.com/776418 x_refsource_MISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-22 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
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 CPE status
Google Chrome Affected: unspecified , < 66.0.3359.117 (custom)
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Date Public
2019-01-09 00:00
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