UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18344

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-18344
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18344.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-18344
Upstream
Published
2018-12-11T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:03Z
Severity
  • 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Inappropriate allowance of the setDownloadBehavior devtools protocol feature in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker with control of an installed extension to access files on the local file system via a crafted Chrome Extension.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / chromium-browser

Package

Name
chromium-browser
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/chromium-browser@71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

45.*

45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu1.1201

47.*

47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu1.1218
47.0.2526.106-0ubuntu1.1221

48.*

48.0.2564.82-0ubuntu1.1222
48.0.2564.116-0ubuntu1.1229

49.*

49.0.2623.87-0ubuntu1.1232
49.0.2623.108-0ubuntu1.1233

50.*

50.0.2661.102-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1237

51.*

51.0.2704.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1242

52.*

52.0.2743.116-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1250

53.*

53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1254
53.0.2785.143-0ubuntu0.16.04.1.1257

55.*

55.0.2883.87-0ubuntu0.16.04.1263

56.*

56.0.2924.76-0ubuntu0.16.04.1268

57.*

57.0.2987.98-0ubuntu0.16.04.1276

58.*

58.0.3029.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1277
58.0.3029.96-0ubuntu0.16.04.1279
58.0.3029.110-0ubuntu0.16.04.1281

59.*

59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.1289
59.0.3071.109-0ubuntu0.16.04.1291

60.*

60.0.3112.78-0ubuntu0.16.04.1293
60.0.3112.113-0ubuntu0.16.04.1298

61.*

61.0.3163.79-0ubuntu0.16.04.1300
61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu0.16.04.1306

62.*

62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.16.04.1308
62.0.3202.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1313
62.0.3202.89-0ubuntu0.16.04.1315
62.0.3202.94-0ubuntu0.16.04.1317

63.*

63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
63.0.3239.132-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

64.*

64.0.3282.119-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
64.0.3282.140-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
64.0.3282.167-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

65.*

65.0.3325.181-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

66.*

66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.16.04.3
66.0.3359.181-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

67.*

67.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.16.04.2

68.*

68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
68.0.3440.106-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

69.*

69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

70.*

70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
70.0.3538.77-0ubuntu0.16.04.1
70.0.3538.110-0ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser-l10n"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "chromium-chromedriver"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / chromium-browser

Package

Name
chromium-browser
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/chromium-browser@71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Affected versions

61.*

61.0.3163.100-0ubuntu1.1378

62.*

62.0.3202.62-0ubuntu0.17.10.1380
62.0.3202.89-0ubuntu1.1386
62.0.3202.94-0ubuntu1.1388

63.*

63.0.3239.84-0ubuntu1
63.0.3239.108-0ubuntu1

64.*

64.0.3282.119-0ubuntu1
64.0.3282.140-0ubuntu1
64.0.3282.167-0ubuntu1

65.*

65.0.3325.146-0ubuntu1
65.0.3325.181-0ubuntu1

66.*

66.0.3359.139-0ubuntu0.18.04.3
66.0.3359.181-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

67.*

67.0.3396.99-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

68.*

68.0.3440.75-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
68.0.3440.106-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

69.*

69.0.3497.81-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

70.*

70.0.3538.67-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
70.0.3538.77-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
70.0.3538.110-0ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "chromium-browser-l10n"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "chromium-chromedriver"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.1",
            "binary_name": "chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra"
        }
    ]
}