CVE-2019-13762 Security feature bypass in Chrome

What is CVE-2019-13762?

CVE-2019-13762 is a low-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 10 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Insufficient policy enforcement in downloads in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 79.0.3945.79 allowed a local attacker to spoof downloaded files via local code.

Weakness: CWE-667

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13762?

It affects 7 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server and 1 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-13762?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-13762 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13762 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13762, GHSA-j2vg-4hpf-83v7, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13762.