Actively exploited · Published Nov 25, 2019 · Assigned by Chrome
CVE-2019-5825
Medium 6.5 Exploited
In plain English
A medium-severity out-of-bounds write in Chrome from Google. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on June 8, 2022). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 55.9% (higher than 99.1% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
CISA guidance
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Federal agencies must remediate by Jun 22, 2022.
Official description
Out of bounds write in JavaScript in Google Chrome prior to 73.0.3683.86 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | chromium | 75.0.3770.80-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5825 |
| Debian:13 | chromium | 75.0.3770.80-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5825 |
| Debian:14 | chromium | 75.0.3770.80-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5825 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
References
- https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2019/04/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://crbug.com/941743 x_refsource_MISC
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156641/Google-Chrome-72-73-Array.map-Corruption.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-5825 government-resource