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CVE-2018-6139 (GCVE-0-2018-6139)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-01-09 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:54
VLAI
Summary
Insufficient target checks on the chrome.debugger API in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 67.0.3396.62 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Chrome Extension.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Insufficient policy enforcement
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/05/sta… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041014 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1815 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://crbug.com/805224 x_refsource_MISC
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4237 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Google Chrome Affected: unspecified , < 67.0.3396.62 (custom)
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Date Public
2019-01-09 00:00
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