Use After Free in Google Chrome
CVE-2019-5809
Use after free in file chooser in Google Chrome prior to 74.0.3729.108 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform privilege escalation via a crafted HTML page.
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (73.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Google Chrome — versions unspecified
- Debian Linux — versions 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 29, 30
- openSUSE Backports — versions sle-15
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.0, 15.1, 42.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_23.html
- crbug.com/941008
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4500 (vendor-advisory)
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/19 (mailing-list)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-18 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-5809?
- CVE-2019-5809 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2019-06-27.
- How severe is CVE-2019-5809?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-5809 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.