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CVE-2018-16081

Publication date 9 January 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.4 · High

Score breakdown

Allowing the chrome.debugger API to run on file:// URLs in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to access files on the local file system without file access permission via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
oxide-qt 18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored Ubuntu touch end-of-life
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.4 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N