CVE-2019-5819 Code injection in Chrome
A local attacker can execute arbitrary code in Google Chrome on OS X via a crafted string copied to the clipboard due to insufficient validation in developer tools.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-5819?
CVE-2019-5819 is a high-severity code injection vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 27 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Insufficient data validation in developer tools in Google Chrome on OS X prior to 74.0.3729.108 allowed a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string copied to clipboard.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5819?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Chrome, Opensuse Backports, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5819?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and never evaluate templates, expressions or code built from user input. More about Code injection.
Is CVE-2019-5819 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5819 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5819, GHSA-mpw8-x93p-424r.