CVE-2019-5789 EXPLOIT
8.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 9.3% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
An integer overflow that leads to a use-after-free in WebMIDI in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.
Scoring
| CVSS | 8.8 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 9.26% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-190 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2019-05-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| chrome | |
| opensuse | backports |
| opensuse | leap |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Google Chrome < M73 - MidiManagerWin Use-After-Free | 2019-03-19 |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html
- https://crbug.com/921581
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00085.html
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html
- https://crbug.com/921581
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