CVE-2018-6109

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…

published January 9, 2019

CVSS
—
EPSS
1%
Percentile
72.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01414 · 72.5th percentile
Published
2019-01-09T19:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 JAN 19:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5