| Name | CVE-2018-6109 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4182-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| chromium-browser (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 57.0.2987.98-1~deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 71.0.3578.80-1~deb9u1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[jessie] - chromium-browser <end-of-life> (End of life, see DSA 4020)
[wheezy] - chromium-browser <end-of-life> (Not supported in Wheezy)