CVE-2018-6109Sensitive Information Exposure in Google Chrome

Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 25.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 9
Latest updateMay 14

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages5 packages

CVEListV5google/chromeunspecified66.0.3359.117
NVDgoogle/chrome< 66.0.3359.117

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-pcp9-rq8r-pwrj: 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 prio2022-05-14
CVEList
CVE-2018-6109: 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 prio2019-01-09
OSV
CVE-2018-6109: 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 prio2019-01-09

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
chromium-browser: Incorrect handling of files by FileAPI2018-04-17

💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6085 CVE-2018-6086 CVE-2018-6087 CVE-2018-6088 CVE-2018-6089 CVE-2018-6090 CVE-2018-6091 CVE-2018-6092 CVE-2018-6093 CVE-2018-6094 CVE-2018-6095 CVE-2018-6096 CVE-2018-6097 CVE-2018-6098 CVE-2018-04-18
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6109 chromium-browser: Incorrect handling of files by FileAPI2018-04-18
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6085 CVE-2018-6086 CVE-2018-6087 CVE-2018-6088 CVE-2018-6089 CVE-2018-6090 CVE-2018-6091 CVE-2018-6092 CVE-2018-6093 CVE-2018-6094 CVE-2018-6095 CVE-2018-6096 CVE-2018-6097 CVE-2018-6098 CVE-2018-04-18
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