CVE-2019-5847 Memory corruption in Chrome

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can exploit heap corruption in Google Chrome via crafted HTML pages, potentially leading to arbitrary 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-2019-5847?

CVE-2019-5847 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 25 Nov 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

Inappropriate implementation in JavaScript in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.142 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5847?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5847?

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-2019-5847 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5847 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5847, GHSA-f564-7r4p-4c99, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5847.

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