CVE-2018-6109
N/A
Published: January 9, 2019 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:01 AM UTC
5 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxChromeEnterprise Linux Desktop
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 66.0.3359.117
Affected range stops below 66.0.3359.117, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
95%
Enterprise Linux Server· Red Hatrubygems
95%95%
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1195x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISC
Source: [email protected]
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-22Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4182Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200
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