CVE-2019-5861 Security feature bypass in Chrome

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can bypass anti-clickjacking protections in Google Chrome via crafted HTML pages due to insufficient data validation in Blink.

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-2019-5861?

CVE-2019-5861 is a medium-severity 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

Insufficient data validation in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 76.0.3809.87 allowed a remote attacker to bypass anti-clickjacking policy via a crafted HTML page.

Weakness: CWE-1021

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5861?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5861?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-5861 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5861 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5861, GHSA-jr83-rwfm-7r6r, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5861.

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