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medium 5.5

CVE-2018-6147 json

Lack of secure text entry mode in Browser UI in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 67.0.3396.62 allowed a local attacker to obtain potentially s…

published 2019-01-09 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-17910

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Lack of secure text entry mode in Browser UI in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 67.0.3396.62 allowed a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a local process.

Patch / fix

  • Google Chrome 67.0.3396.62
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 67.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.16.04.2
  • chromium-browser Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 67.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-6147

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:1815

  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 93.0.4577.82-1.1
  • chromium openSUSE Tumbleweed 113.0.5672.92-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10681-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12948-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-6147 updated cvss 4.3

chromium-browser: Password fields not taking advantage of OS protections in Views

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 67.0.3396.62-2.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1815

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Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Google Chrome

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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