CVE-2018-6109

Publication date 9 January 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3
17.10 artful
Fixed 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.17.10.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
oxide-qt 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored Ubuntu touch end-of-life
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N