Information disclosure in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6147

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Information disclosure in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6147

Published: May 31, 2018 / Updated: June 6, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU13093
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6147
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 due to password fields don't take advantage of OS protections in Views. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and gain access to arbitrary data.

Affected software

Google Chrome
Debian Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Fedora
SUSE Linux
Opensuse
openSUSE Leap
chromium

How to mitigate CVE-2018-6147

Update to version 67.0.3396.62.

Google Chrome - update to 67.0.3396.62
chromium - addressed in versions 67.0.3396.79-1.el7, 67.0.3396.79-1.fc27, 67.0.3396.79-1.fc28

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