Information disclosure in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6079

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Information disclosure in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6079

Published: April 5, 2018 / Updated: June 11, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU11583
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6079
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists in WebGL due to improper information control via texture data. A remote attacker can gain access to potentially sensitive information.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
SUSE Linux
Fedora
qt5-qtwebengine
www-client/chromium
www-client/google-chrome

How to mitigate CVE-2018-6079

Update to version 65.0.3325.146.

Google Chrome - update to 65.0.3325.146
qt5-qtwebengine - addressed in versions 5.10.1-4.fc26, 5.10.1-4.fc27, 5.10.1-4.fc28
www-client/chromium - update to 65.0.3325.146
www-client/google-chrome - update to 65.0.3325.146

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