CVE-2018-16088 Security feature bypass in Chrome

What is CVE-2018-16088?

CVE-2018-16088 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 9 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A missing check for JS-simulated input events in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to download arbitrary files with no user input via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16088?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Google Chrome, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16088?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-16088 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16088 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-hrvv-cv8m-7rv8, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16088.