What is CVE-2019-5849?

CVE-2019-5849 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-11-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-5849?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Google Chrome

CVE-2019-5849

Out of bounds read in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.80 allowed a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted HTML page.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (68.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Google Chrome — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5849?: CVE-2019-5849 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-11-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-5849?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.