CVE-2018-6095 Information disclosure in Chrome

What is CVE-2018-6095?

CVE-2018-6095 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 4 Dec 2018. 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

Inappropriate dismissal of file picker on keyboard events in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to read local files via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6095?

It affects 5 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2018-6095?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-6095 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6095 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-3xf8-vx6f-3f9h, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6095.