CVE-2019-5871 Memory corruption in Chrome
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via heap corruption in Skia by tricking users into visiting a crafted HTML page.
- 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-2019-5871?
CVE-2019-5871 is a high-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
Heap buffer overflow in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5871?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Chrome.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5871?
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-2019-5871 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5871 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Chrome
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-5871, GHSA-5pcr-82rc-g5mf, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-5871.