CVE-2018-6045 (GCVE-0-2018-6045)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-09-25 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Insufficient policy enforcement in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 64.0.3282.119 allowed a remote attacker to potentially leak user local file data via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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|---|---|
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/01/sta… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://crbug.com/797497 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4103 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102797 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040282 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0265 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
Date Public
2018-01-24 00:00
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