CVE-2019-5778 Security feature bypass in Chrome

What is CVE-2019-5778?

CVE-2019-5778 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

A missing case for handling special schemes in permission request checks in Extensions in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass extension permission checks for privileged pages via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5778?

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-2019-5778?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-5778 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5778 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5778, GHSA-wh8r-xwhr-8847, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5778.