CVE-2019-5861 Security feature bypass in Chrome
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5861, GHSA-jr83-rwfm-7r6r, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5861.