What is CVE-2019-5815?

CVE-2019-5815 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2019-5815?

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

Buffer overflow in Google Chrome

CVE-2019-5815

Type confusion in xsltNumberFormatGetMultipleLevel prior to libxslt 1.1.33 could allow attackers to potentially exploit heap corruption via crafted XML data.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.018 (76.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified
Xmlsoft Libxslt
Debian Debian_linux — versions 10.0

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 (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5815?: CVE-2019-5815 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2019-5815?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.