What is CVE-2019-5826?

CVE-2019-5826 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-11-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-5826?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-5826 known to be exploited?

4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Use After Free in Google Chrome

CVE-2019-5826

Use after free in IndexedDB in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.86 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.010 (60.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_MISC)
chrome-cve-admin@google.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5826?: CVE-2019-5826 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-11-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-5826?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-5826 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.