CVE-2019-5765 Information disclosure in Chrome

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A local attacker can exploit an exposed debugging endpoint in Chrome on Android to read sensitive process memory via a crafted Intent.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2019-5765?

CVE-2019-5765 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Feb 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An exposed debugging endpoint in the browser in Google Chrome on Android prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a local attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted Intent.

Weakness: CWE-312

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5765?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5765?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-5765 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5765 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5765, GHSA-fp45-3gjm-cwrm, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5765.

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