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CVE-2018-6121 (GCVE-0-2018-6121)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-06-27 16:13 – Updated: 2024-08-05 05:54
VLAI
Summary
Insufficient validation of input in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.170 allowed a remote attacker to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Insufficient validation of untrusted input
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Google Chrome Affected: unspecified , < 66.0.3359.170 (custom)
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