chromium-browser: User gesture requirement bypass
Published Jan 9, 2019
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.13%
Description
A missing check for JS-simulated input events in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 69.0.3497.81 allowed a remote attacker to download arbitrary files with no user input via a crafted HTML page.
Affected products
-
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<69.0.3497.81
- Version
Configuration 2
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10
Fixed · RHSA-2018:2666
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:69.0.3497.81-1.el6_10 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:2666 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.13% (0.01125) | 65.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.15% (0.01146) | 65.33th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00247) | 65.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 22, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00247) | 64.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 3, 2024 | 0.25% (0.00247) | 62.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00276) | 64.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.17% (0.00170) | 52.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.54% (0.00541) | 12.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.54% (0.00541) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (8)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16088 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1626286 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/848531 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16088
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16088
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2666 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16088 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1626286 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/848531 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16088 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16088 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.