CVE-2018-6147 Information disclosure in Chrome

What is CVE-2018-6147?

CVE-2018-6147 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 9 Jan 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Lack of secure text entry mode in Browser UI in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 67.0.3396.62 allowed a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a local process.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-6147?

It affects 5 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2018-6147?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2018-6147 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-6147 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-wq23-fxhr-wjq3, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6147.