What is CVE-2019-5842?

CVE-2019-5842 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-2019-5842?

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

Use After Free in Google Chrome

CVE-2019-5842

Use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.90 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.007 (51.0th 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)

CWE-416 — Use After Free
CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5842?: CVE-2019-5842 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-2019-5842?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.