readAsText() can indefinitely read the file picked by the user, rather than only once at the time the file is picked in File API in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to access data on the user file system without explicit consent via a crafted HTML page.
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4182-1 chromium-browser security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-17872 readAsText() can indefinitely read the file picked by the user, rather than only once at the time the file is picked in File API in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to access data on the user file system without explicit consent via a crafted HTML page.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T05:54:52.701Z

Reserved: 2018-01-23T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-6109

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-09T19:29:08.353

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:10:05.173

Link: CVE-2018-6109

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-6109 - Bugzilla

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