CVE-2018-6109: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.5. EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Google Chrome: before 66.0.3359.117 (fixed in 66.0.3359.117)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only

Published 2019-01-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.