CVE-2019-5784 Memory corruption in Chrome

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can exploit heap corruption in V8 via crafted HTML pages, potentially executing arbitrary code in Google Chrome.

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-2019-5784?

CVE-2019-5784 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 27 Jun 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

Incorrect handling of deferred code in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.96 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5784?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (2)
chromium-browser Red Hat:rhel_extras:6All versions0:72.0.3626.96-1.el6_10
chromium-browser-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_extras:6All versions0:72.0.3626.96-1.el6_10

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5784?

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-2019-5784 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5784 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5784, GHSA-f2p9-3vx7-g835, RHSA-2019:0396, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5784.

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