CVE-2019-5789 Use after free in Chrome
A remote attacker with compromised renderer access can execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page due to an integer overflow leading to use-after-free in WebMIDI.
- 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-2019-5789?
CVE-2019-5789 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 23 May 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
An integer overflow that leads to a use-after-free in WebMIDI in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 73.0.3683.75 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5789?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Google Chrome, Opensuse Backports, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5789?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2019-5789 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2019-5789 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5789, GHSA-v5pq-9p96-j22q, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5789.