# CVE-2019-5767: Security feature bypass in Chrome

> An attacker can bypass permission UI protections in Chrome WebAPKs on Android to access sensitive web APIs via a malicious application.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Feb 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5767, GHSA-jqrx-m66p-g7jf, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5767

## What is CVE-2019-5767?

CVE-2019-5767 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Feb 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Insufficient protection of permission UI in WebAPKs in Google Chrome on Android prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced the user to install a malicious application to access privacy/security sensitive web APIs via a crafted APK.

Weakness: CWE-1021 (Improper Restriction of Rendered UI Layers or Frames)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5767?

It affects 6 products.


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

## How do I fix CVE-2019-5767?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2019-5767 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5767 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-24061](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-24061/): GNU InetUtils Argument Injection (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-39682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-39682/): Linux Kernel Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-9680](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9680/): Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-5767 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-5767 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Feb 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5767 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5767/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5767/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5767
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5767
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5767

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5767/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.