Memory leak in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6179

 

Memory leak in Google Chrome - CVE-2018-6179

Published: July 27, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU14059
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6179
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Chrome

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The weakness exists due to local file information leak in Extensions A local attacker can gain access to arbitrary data.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-6179

Update to version 68.0.3440.75.

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