Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 9, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

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.

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Affected products

Google/Chrome3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <66.0.3359.117
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- (no CPE)range: <66.0.3359.117
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Desktop
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Workstation
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
osv-coords2 versions
pkg:rpm/suse/chromium&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2012%20SP2 pkg:rpm/opensuse/chromium&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 66.0.3359.181-55.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 66.0.3359.181-55.1
- (no CPE)range: < 93.0.4577.82-1.1

cvss	0.423
epss	0.001
exploit	0.000
kev	0.000
patch	0.000
ransomware	0.000

CVE-2018-6109

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