CVE-2019-5864 Security feature bypass in Chrome

What is CVE-2019-5864?

CVE-2019-5864 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 CORS in Google Chrome prior to 76.0.3809.87 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to bypass content security policy via a crafted Chrome Extension.

Weakness: CWE-863, CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5864?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2019-5864?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-5864 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5864 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5864, GHSA-rqw3-7f5v-7r6j, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5864.