chromium-browser: Incorrect handling of plaintext files via file://
Published Jan 9, 2019
5.4
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.25%
Description
Parsing documents as HTML in Downloads in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to cause Chrome to execute scripts via a local non-HTML page.
Affected products
-
- Version unspecifiedStatusaffectedConstraints<66.0.3359.117
- Version
Configuration 2
- 8.0
- 9.0
Configuration 3
- 6.0
- 6.0
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary
chromium-browser-0:66.0.3359.117-1.el6_9
Fixed · RHSA-2018:1195
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Supplementary | chromium-browser-0:66.0.3359.117-1.el6_9 | Fixed | RHSA-2018:1195 |
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:L/I:L/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:P/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 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 68.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.25% (0.01247) | 67.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.78% (0.00782) | 81.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.78% (0.00782) | 81.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 3, 2024 | 0.78% (0.00782) | 79.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.87% (0.00873) | 80.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.79% (0.01785) | 86.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.76% (0.00757) | 20.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.76% (0.00757) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (10)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103917 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1195 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6110 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1568790 Issue Tracking
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://crbug.com/777737 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6110
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-22 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6110
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4182 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103917 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1195 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6110 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1568790 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://crbug.com/777737 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6110 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-22 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6110 | ||
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4182 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
Change history (0)
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