CVE-2019-5772 Memory corruption in Chrome
Remote attackers can exploit heap corruption in Chrome's PDFium component via crafted PDF files, potentially leading to code execution.
- 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
What is CVE-2019-5772?
CVE-2019-5772 is a high-severity memory corruption 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
Sharing of objects over calls into JavaScript runtime in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5772?
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-2019-5772?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2019-5772 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5772 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5772, GHSA-93g9-45m8-559m, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5772.