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CVE-2018-6176

Publication date 27 June 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Insufficient file type enforcement in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 68.0.3440.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
chromium-browser 18.10 cosmic
Fixed 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
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
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H