UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6139

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6139

    Published: 9 Jan 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-6139

    Summary:

    Details: Insufficient target checks on the chrome.debugger API in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 67.0.3396.62 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Chrome Extension.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-6139, https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_58.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6139

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chromium-browser

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -67.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

    Affected versions

    45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu1.1201

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High