What is CVE-2019-5796?

CVE-2019-5796 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-05-23.

How severe is CVE-2019-5796?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Google Chrome

CVE-2019-5796

Data race in extensions guest view in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerability class: Race Condition

EPSS: 0.047 (90.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions prior to 73.0.3683.75
Opensuse Backports_sle — versions 15.0
Opensuse Leap — versions 15.0, 15.1, 42.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_MISC)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_MISC)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5796?: CVE-2019-5796 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization (Race Condition). CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-05-23.
How severe is CVE-2019-5796?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.